Changing Health and Lifestyle Behaviors of Offspring Following Maternal Bariatric Surgery

NCT ID: NCT05350267

Last Updated: 2025-11-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-14

Study Completion Date

2025-03-19

Brief Summary

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This is the Phase 2 pilot/feasibility randomized controlled trial of HALO (Health And Lifestyle Behaviors In Offspring), a parent-led behavioral intervention targeting a high-risk pediatric population (i.e., residing offspring ages 6-12; body mass index \> the 70th and \< 120% of the 95th percentiles of mothers with severe obesity) that is uniquely well-timed, when mothers are highly engaged in behavior change and losing weight during the first year following bariatric surgery.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Obesity, Childhood

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Treatment versus enhanced standard of care
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treatment

HALO is a mixed-delivery intervention (online learning, digital technologies, telehealth visits) co-designed with mothers that (a) uniquely tailors intervention content to integrate post-bariatric surgery guidelines to recommendations to reduce child obesity risk, (b) teaches mothers evidence-based parenting behaviors to support intergenerational lifestyle and home food environment changes, and (c) addresses unique barriers to family-level change identified by mothers post-bariatric surgery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HALO

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Health and Lifestyle Behaviors in Offspring, or "HALO" is designed for mothers who recently had bariatric surgery who have a school-aged child. HALO focuses on providing each mother with education and parenting strategies to improve her child's healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as her child's eating and physical activity, while she is engaged in her own lifestyle behavior change after bariatric surgery.

Enhanced Standard of Care

The comparator group will receive monthly mailings of publicly available and age-appropriate handouts on healthy eating, physical activity, screen time, and healthy sleep habits

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Enhanced Standard of Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The comparator group will receive monthly mailings of publicly available and age-appropriate handouts on healthy eating, physical activity, screen time, and healthy sleep habits

Interventions

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HALO

Health and Lifestyle Behaviors in Offspring, or "HALO" is designed for mothers who recently had bariatric surgery who have a school-aged child. HALO focuses on providing each mother with education and parenting strategies to improve her child's healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as her child's eating and physical activity, while she is engaged in her own lifestyle behavior change after bariatric surgery.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Standard of Care

The comparator group will receive monthly mailings of publicly available and age-appropriate handouts on healthy eating, physical activity, screen time, and healthy sleep habits

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female caregivers with a biological child (either sex) aged 6-12 years
* Caregiver is 3-12 months post undergoing a non-device based bariatric surgical procedure
* Caregiver is able to read, write, and speak in English
* Child has a BMI \> the 70th and \< 120% of the 95th percentile
* Child not currently engaged in weight management (behavioral, pharmacologic)
* Child has no chronic medical conditions or developmental disabilities
* Child resides in her home \> 75% of the time
* Child is willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* Female caregiver is not pregnant at time of enrollment
* Must not live \>75 miles from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Main Campus.
* Child BMI is \> 120% of the 95th percentile
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Delaware

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Margaret H Zeller, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cincinnati Chidren's Hospital Medical Center

Locations

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

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2021-0601

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id