Cardiovascular DiseasesWLMNCT00054925
Weight Loss Maintenance (WLM)
A study testing Personal contact (PC) and Interactive technology (IT) in people with Cardiovascular Diseases and Heart Diseases, run by Duke University.
Trial summary
To determine the effectiveness of continuous patient contact on weight loss maintenance. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 25 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity
- What is being tested?
- Personal contact (PC) and Interactive technology (IT)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,685 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Jan 2003to Oct 2009
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 25 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Overweight men and women who took medication for hypertension, type 2 diabetes and/or hyperlipidemia in the six month weight loss phase. and who were able to lose approximately 9 pounds. There will be approximately 60% women and 40% African Americans.
About this study
To determine the effectiveness of continuous patient contact on weight loss maintenance.
Read the detailed description
BACKGROUND:
Overweight/obesity is the second leading cause of death in the US, and is growing in prevalence at an alarming rate. Control of overweight/obesity is increasingly recognized as a high national priority because of its contribution to cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors and ultimately to CVD itself. The short-term success of behavioral interventions for weight loss has been repeatedly documented. Unfortunately, because weight re-gain is extremely common, a disappointingly, small proportion of individuals achieve long-term weight control. Of the factors that are associated with sustained weight loss, one of the most important is continued intervention with frequent contacts.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
The study is a multi-center, randomized, controlled trial [Weight Loss Maintenance Trial (MAINTENANCE)] to determine the effects of two innovative behavioral interventions, each designed to maintain frequent contacts, compared to a usual care control group. Overweight and obese individuals (60% women, 40% African Americans) who are taking medication for hypertension, dyslipidemia and/or type 2 diabetes will enter a 6-month, weight loss program. Those 800 individuals who lose at least 4 kg (approximately 9 pounds) will then be randomized into one of three groups: a Personal Contact (PC) Intervention that provides monthly personal contacts with a trained interventionist, primarily via telephone; an Interactive Technology (IT) Intervention that provides frequent contacts through a state-of-the-art interactive web-based program supplemented by other communication technologies; or Usual Care (UC). The primary outcome will be weight change from the end of the initial weight loss program to the end of the 30-month weight maintenance intervention period. Other outcomes will include weight change in subgroups, prevalence of CVD risk factors, measures of behavior change, and cost of implementation. For each outcome, the Personal Contact and Interactive Technology interventions will be compared to Usual Care and, if different from Usual Care, to each other. To successfully combat the obesity epidemic, clinicians and health care systems must have options that are effective and feasible and that can be provided to large numbers of individuals.
Phase II intervention completed: July 2007
Phase III intervention completed: October 2009
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Non-insulin Dependent, Hypertension
- Being tested
- Personal contact (PC), Interactive technology (IT)
- Medical subject headings
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Hypertension
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Personal contact (PC)Behavioural
This arm uses brief, individual contacts on a monthly basis which emphasize core elements of weight maintenance. Monthly contacts with an interventionist occur for 30 months after the end of Phase I. Face-to-face contacts occur approximately every four months (e.g., three annually), with telephone contacts occurring every month between FTF contacts.
Interactive technology (IT)Behavioural
The website utilizes collaborative goal setting and problem-solving strategies to identify contingent action plans for perceived obstacles to success. In order to tailor the intervention to the needs of the participant, the action plan can be updated anytime and as frequently as desired by the individual. Participants are encouraged to input data on weight, food records, physical activity, and goals on a weekly basis. Participants are not restricted to logging on to the website only once a week. Rather, participants have the option of logging on to the website to enter data, communicate with other participants, or to seek other information, as frequently as they wish.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Personal contact (PC) | Active comparator | The Personal Contact (PC) intervention offers one-on-one guidance and support in maintaining weight loss. Receives: Behavioral: Personal contact (PC) |
| Interactive technology (IT) | Active comparator | Utilizes internet and automated phone technology to enhance the frequency and timeliness of feedback. Receives: Behavioral: Interactive technology (IT) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Weight
Measured: Baseline to 30 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 Feb 2003 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2003
- Primary completionOct 2009
- Study completionOct 2009
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (9)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Cardiovascular DiseasesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Duke UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 1,685 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Duke University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Lawrence Appel, Principal investigator, Johns Hopkins UniversityPhillip Brantley, Principal investigator, LSU Pennington Biomedical Research CenterJack Hollis, Principal investigator, Kaiser Foundation Research InstituteVictor Stevens, Principal investigator, Kaiser Foundation Research InstituteLaura Svetkey, Study chair, Duke University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00054925
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Pro00013066
- Other IDs
- U01HL068734
- Acronym
- WLM
- Status last verified
- Mar 2012
- First submitted
- 13 Feb 2003
- Last updated
- 7 Mar 2012
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Coughlin JW, Brantley PJ, Champagne CM, Vollmer WM, Stevens VJ, Funk K, Dalcin AT, Jerome GJ, Myers VH, Tyson C, Batch BC, Charleston J, Loria CM, Bauck A, Hollis JF, Svetkey LP, Appel LJ; Weight Loss Maintenance Collaborative Research Group. The impact of continued intervention on weight: Five-year results from the weight loss maintenance trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 May;24(5):1046-53. doi: 10.1002/oby.21454. Epub 2016 Mar 15.
PubMed 26991814Coughlin JW, Gullion CM, Brantley PJ, Stevens VJ, Bauck A, Champagne CM, Dalcin AT, Funk KL, Hollis JF, Jerome GJ, Lien LF, Loria CM, Myers VH, Appel LJ. Behavioral mediators of treatment effects in the weight loss maintenance trial. Ann Behav Med. 2013 Dec;46(3):369-81. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9517-3.
PubMed 23813320Batch BC, Shah SH, Newgard CB, Turer CB, Haynes C, Bain JR, Muehlbauer M, Patel MJ, Stevens RD, Appel LJ, Newby LK, Svetkey LP. Branched chain amino acids are novel biomarkers for discrimination of metabolic wellness. Metabolism. 2013 Jul;62(7):961-9. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.01.007. Epub 2013 Feb 1.
PubMed 23375209Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Falk RT, Stanczyk F, Hoover RN, Appel LJ, Ard JD, Batch BC, Coughlin J, Han X, Lien LF, Pinkston CM, Svetkey LP, Katki HA. Sex hormone changes during weight loss and maintenance in overweight and obese postmenopausal African-American and non-African-American women. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Oct 31;14(5):R141. doi: 10.1186/bcr3346.
PubMed 23113944Myers VH, McVay MA, Champagne CM, Hollis JF, Coughlin JW, Funk KL, Gullion CM, Jerome GJ, Loria CM, Samuel-Hodge CD, Stevens VJ, Svetkey LP, Brantley PJ. Weight loss history as a predictor of weight loss: results from Phase I of the weight loss maintenance trial. J Behav Med. 2013 Dec;36(6):574-82. doi: 10.1007/s10865-012-9450-0. Epub 2012 Aug 21.
PubMed 22907176Champagne CM, Broyles ST, Moran LD, Cash KC, Levy EJ, Lin PH, Batch BC, Lien LF, Funk KL, Dalcin A, Loria C, Myers VH. Dietary intakes associated with successful weight loss and maintenance during the Weight Loss Maintenance trial. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):1826-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.09.014.
PubMed 22117658Funk KL, Stevens VJ, Appel LJ, Bauck A, Brantley PJ, Champagne CM, Coughlin J, Dalcin AT, Harvey-Berino J, Hollis JF, Jerome GJ, Kennedy BM, Lien LF, Myers VH, Samuel-Hodge C, Svetkey LP, Vollmer WM. Associations of internet website use with weight change in a long-term weight loss maintenance program. J Med Internet Res. 2010 Jul 27;12(3):e29. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1504.
PubMed 20663751Svetkey LP, Stevens VJ, Brantley PJ, Appel LJ, Hollis JF, Loria CM, Vollmer WM, Gullion CM, Funk K, Smith P, Samuel-Hodge C, Myers V, Lien LF, Laferriere D, Kennedy B, Jerome GJ, Heinith F, Harsha DW, Evans P, Erlinger TP, Dalcin AT, Coughlin J, Charleston J, Champagne CM, Bauck A, Ard JD, Aicher K; Weight Loss Maintenance Collaborative Research Group. Comparison of strategies for sustaining weight loss: the weight loss maintenance randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1139-48. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.10.1139.
PubMed 18334689Stevens VJ, Funk KL, Brantley PJ, Erlinger TP, Myers VH, Champagne CM, Bauck A, Samuel-Hodge CD, Hollis JF. Design and implementation of an interactive website to support long-term maintenance of weight loss. J Med Internet Res. 2008 Jan 25;10(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/jmir.931.
PubMed 18244892
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Mar 2012. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Weight Loss Maintenance (WLM)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00054925
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- WLM / Pro00013066
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Non-insulin Dependent, Hypertension
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,685 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Duke UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Study start
- Jan 2003
- Primary completion
- Oct 2009 (actual)
- Study completion
- Oct 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 14 Feb 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
To determine the effectiveness of continuous patient contact on weight loss maintenance.
Detailed description
BACKGROUND:
Overweight/obesity is the second leading cause of death in the US, and is growing in prevalence at an alarming rate. Control of overweight/obesity is increasingly recognized as a high national priority because of its contribution to cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors and ultimately to CVD itself. The short-term success of behavioral interventions for weight loss has been repeatedly documented. Unfortunately, because weight re-gain is extremely common, a disappointingly, small proportion of individuals achieve long-term weight control. Of the factors that are associated with sustained weight loss, one of the most important is continued intervention with frequent contacts.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
The study is a multi-center, randomized, controlled trial [Weight Loss Maintenance Trial (MAINTENANCE)] to determine the effects of two innovative behavioral interventions, each designed to maintain frequent contacts, compared to a usual care control group. Overweight and obese individuals (60% women, 40% African Americans) who are taking medication for hypertension, dyslipidemia and/or type 2 diabetes will enter a 6-month, weight loss program. Those 800 individuals who lose at least 4 kg (approximately 9 pounds) will then be randomized into one of three groups: a Personal Contact (PC) Intervention that provides monthly personal contacts with a trained interventionist, primarily via telephone; an Interactive Technology (IT) Intervention that provides frequent contacts through a state-of-the-art interactive web-based program supplemented by other communication technologies; or Usual Care (UC). The primary outcome will be weight change from the end of the initial weight loss program to the end of the 30-month weight maintenance intervention period. Other outcomes will include weight change in subgroups, prevalence of CVD risk factors, measures of behavior change, and cost of implementation. For each outcome, the Personal Contact and Interactive Technology interventions will be compared to Usual Care and, if different from Usual Care, to each other. To successfully combat the obesity epidemic, clinicians and health care systems must have options that are effective and feasible and that can be provided to large numbers of individuals.
Phase II intervention completed: July 2007
Phase III intervention completed: October 2009
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Personal contact (PC) | Active comparator | Behavioral: Personal contact (PC)The Personal Contact (PC) intervention offers one-on-one guidance and support in maintaining weight loss. |
| Interactive technology (IT) | Active comparator | Behavioral: Interactive technology (IT)Utilizes internet and automated phone technology to enhance the frequency and timeliness of feedback. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 25 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Personal contact (PC)This arm uses brief, individual contacts on a monthly basis which emphasize core elements of weight maintenance. Monthly contacts with an interventionist occur for 30 months after the end of Phase I. Face-to-face contacts occur approximately every four months (e.g., three annually), with telephone contacts occurring every month between FTF contacts. | Behavioural | Personal contact (PC) |
| Interactive technology (IT)The website utilizes collaborative goal setting and problem-solving strategies to identify contingent action plans for perceived obstacles to success. In order to tailor the intervention to the needs of the participant, the action plan can be updated anytime and as frequently as desired by the individual. Participants are encouraged to input data on weight, food records, physical activity, and goals on a weekly basis. Participants are not restricted to logging on to the website only once a week. Rather, participants have the option of logging on to the website to enter data, communicate with other participants, or to seek other information, as frequently as they wish. | Behavioural | Interactive technology (IT) |
Primary outcome
Change in Weight
Time frame: Baseline to 30 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Mar 2012.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 26991814Coughlin JW, Brantley PJ, Champagne CM, Vollmer WM, Stevens VJ, Funk K, Dalcin AT, Jerome GJ, Myers VH, Tyson C, Batch BC, Charleston J, Loria CM, Bauck A, Hollis JF, Svetkey LP, Appel LJ; Weight Loss Maintenance Collaborative Research Group. The impact of continued intervention on weight: Five-year results from the weight loss maintenance trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 May;24(5):1046-53. doi: 10.1002/oby.21454. Epub 2016 Mar 15.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 23813320Coughlin JW, Gullion CM, Brantley PJ, Stevens VJ, Bauck A, Champagne CM, Dalcin AT, Funk KL, Hollis JF, Jerome GJ, Lien LF, Loria CM, Myers VH, Appel LJ. Behavioral mediators of treatment effects in the weight loss maintenance trial. Ann Behav Med. 2013 Dec;46(3):369-81. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9517-3.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 23375209Batch BC, Shah SH, Newgard CB, Turer CB, Haynes C, Bain JR, Muehlbauer M, Patel MJ, Stevens RD, Appel LJ, Newby LK, Svetkey LP. Branched chain amino acids are novel biomarkers for discrimination of metabolic wellness. Metabolism. 2013 Jul;62(7):961-9. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.01.007. Epub 2013 Feb 1.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 23113944Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Falk RT, Stanczyk F, Hoover RN, Appel LJ, Ard JD, Batch BC, Coughlin J, Han X, Lien LF, Pinkston CM, Svetkey LP, Katki HA. Sex hormone changes during weight loss and maintenance in overweight and obese postmenopausal African-American and non-African-American women. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Oct 31;14(5):R141. doi: 10.1186/bcr3346.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 22907176Myers VH, McVay MA, Champagne CM, Hollis JF, Coughlin JW, Funk KL, Gullion CM, Jerome GJ, Loria CM, Samuel-Hodge CD, Stevens VJ, Svetkey LP, Brantley PJ. Weight loss history as a predictor of weight loss: results from Phase I of the weight loss maintenance trial. J Behav Med. 2013 Dec;36(6):574-82. doi: 10.1007/s10865-012-9450-0. Epub 2012 Aug 21.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 22117658Champagne CM, Broyles ST, Moran LD, Cash KC, Levy EJ, Lin PH, Batch BC, Lien LF, Funk KL, Dalcin A, Loria C, Myers VH. Dietary intakes associated with successful weight loss and maintenance during the Weight Loss Maintenance trial. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):1826-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.09.014.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 20663751Funk KL, Stevens VJ, Appel LJ, Bauck A, Brantley PJ, Champagne CM, Coughlin J, Dalcin AT, Harvey-Berino J, Hollis JF, Jerome GJ, Kennedy BM, Lien LF, Myers VH, Samuel-Hodge C, Svetkey LP, Vollmer WM. Associations of internet website use with weight change in a long-term weight loss maintenance program. J Med Internet Res. 2010 Jul 27;12(3):e29. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1504.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 18334689Svetkey LP, Stevens VJ, Brantley PJ, Appel LJ, Hollis JF, Loria CM, Vollmer WM, Gullion CM, Funk K, Smith P, Samuel-Hodge C, Myers V, Lien LF, Laferriere D, Kennedy B, Jerome GJ, Heinith F, Harsha DW, Evans P, Erlinger TP, Dalcin AT, Coughlin J, Charleston J, Champagne CM, Bauck A, Ard JD, Aicher K; Weight Loss Maintenance Collaborative Research Group. Comparison of strategies for sustaining weight loss: the weight loss maintenance randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1139-48. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.10.1139.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 18244892Stevens VJ, Funk KL, Brantley PJ, Erlinger TP, Myers VH, Champagne CM, Bauck A, Samuel-Hodge CD, Hollis JF. Design and implementation of an interactive website to support long-term maintenance of weight loss. J Med Internet Res. 2008 Jan 25;10(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/jmir.931.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Lawrence Appel principal investigator
Johns Hopkins University
Phillip Brantley principal investigator
LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Jack Hollis principal investigator
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Personal contact (PC) and Interactive technology (IT) in people with Cardiovascular Diseases and Heart Diseases, run by Duke University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Mar 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Weight (time frame: Baseline to 30 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00054925, which also lists 9 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Mar 2012.