ObesityNCT00198783
Real-Time Assessment of Food Craving, Use, and Triggers During Outpatient Treatment of Obesity: A Development and Feasibility Study
An observational study of Obesity and Weight Maintenance, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The objective of this study will assess the feasibility of utilizing real-time data monitoring in future clinical trials of weight control medications and other treatment modalities, along with the feasibility of distinguishing different types of relapses over 16 weeks: There will be 4 weeks of high-intensity EMA and… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Obesity, Weight Maintenance
- How many people
- 75 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Aug 2005to Jan 2007
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 18 to 65 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 1) age between 18 and 65; 2) BMI > 30 kg/m2 prior to weight loss; 3) initial weight loss in the 12-month period prior to enrolling of at least 10% of starting body weight; 4) no more than 50% regain of that initial weight loss by the time of screening.
Who cannot join
- 1) Schizophrenia or any other DSM-IV psychotic disorder; history of bipolar disorder; current Major Depressive Disorder; 2) current dependence on alcohol or sedative-hypnotic, e.g. benzodiazepine (by DSM-IV criteria); 3) cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude informed consent or valid self-report; 4) medical illness that in the view of the investigators would compromise participation in research.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205
About this study
The objective of this study will assess the feasibility of utilizing real-time data monitoring in future clinical trials of weight control medications and other treatment modalities, along with the feasibility of distinguishing different types of relapses over 16 weeks: There will be 4 weeks of high-intensity EMA and 12 weeks of low-intensity EMA. Each participant will be in the study for 52 weeks with 20 visits, including follow-up visits.
Read the detailed description
- Interested persons, recruited by advertisement and screened by telephone (Appendix B), will report to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for in-person screening. At the screening session, we will obtain informed consent, HIPAA consent, medical-history information (including current medications, alcohol, and cigarette use), and baseline measurements of bioelectrical impedance (BIA-body composition testing), blood pressure, pulse, body weight, and waist and hip circumference. Individuals will also be screened with established instruments for eating-disorder symptoms (Appendix C), and depression (Appendix D).
- After deemed eligible, subjects will be prescribed an individualized diet and exercise program at Visit 2 (Week 0). Additional questionnaires to be done at this visit: Restraint Scale, Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ), and Reasons for Dieting (Appendix E).
- At the same visit, each participant will be issued a PDA and trained in its use as an Electronic Diary (ED). Participants will be expected to carry their PDAs at all times.
- A 4-week period of high-frequency monitoring will begin immediately: random prompts to initiate recordings will occur 0-5 times per day for 4 weeks. Participants must respond to at least 85% of all random prompts within 15 minutes. Participants will also initiate recordings whenever they have just experienced an urge to eat, or whenever they have actually eaten.
- Participants will be randomly assigned to a Group condition or a No-Group condition.
- In the Group condition, participants will attend 10 group meetings, starting at Week 2 (Visit 4), to strengthen diet-adherence and lapse-management skills. Group meetings will be held once every week for the first 5 weeks, and once every other week for the next 11 weeks.
- In the No-group condition, participants will be given some written tips on diet adherence, but will not attend group.
- All participants must come to the clinic at scheduled times (one time per week) to upload information from the PDA to a central data source. Participants will also be weighed at these visits. This may, for some participants, coincide with the scheduled group meetings
- During Week 5-16, the frequency of EMA random prompts will be reduced to 0-2 per day.
- During Week 8 we will re-weigh the participant and reevaluate each participant's diet and exercise program to ensure a proper and safe weight-maintenance regimen. We will also record the participant's height, weight, BIA, waist and hip measurements, blood pressure, and pulse.
- A final reevaluation and weigh-in will also occur when the participant finishes the study (Week 17). We will also record the participant's height, weight, BIA, waist and hip measurements, blood pressure, and pulse
- Participants will return their PDA to the clinic at this visit.
- At Weeks 26 and 52, participants will return for a follow-up visits at which they will be re-weighed and their current diet and exercise habits will be assessed. We will also record their height, weight, BIA, waist and hip measurements, blood pressure, and pulse.
- Participants will be paid $15 each time they provide ED data for upload (up to a maximum once per week). Subjects will receive an additional $80 for completing all 16 weeks, for a possible total of $320. Additionally, participants will be paid $50 for each follow-up visit at Weeks 26 and 52. Total compensation will be $420 for completion of the entire protocol. In addition, participants will be provided compensation for paying to park at a garage at the Johns Hopkins campus.
- Participants will be removed from the study if they: behave inappropriately; lose or damage two PDAs; miss more than three scheduled clinic visits; or fail to respond within 15 minutes to more than 15% of random prompts during either phase 1 or 2 of EMA.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Maintenance
- Medical subject headings
- Obesity
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Study startAug 2005
- Study completionJan 2007
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for ObesityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthThe 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
- Observational
- Observational model
- Defined population
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 75 participants
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Investigators
- Lawrence J Cheskin, MD, Principal investigator, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00198783
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NIDA2005-01
- Status last verified
- Apr 2007
- First submitted
- 12 Sep 2005
- Last updated
- 4 Apr 2007
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Apr 2007. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Real-Time Assessment of Food Craving, Use, and Triggers During Outpatient Treatment of Obesity: A Development and Feasibility Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00198783
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NIDA2005-01
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Maintenance
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 75 participants
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Study start
- Aug 2005
- Study completion
- Jan 2007 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 Sep 2005 (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.
The objective of this study will assess the feasibility of utilizing real-time data monitoring in future clinical trials of weight control medications and other treatment modalities, along with the feasibility of distinguishing different types of relapses over 16 weeks: There will be 4 weeks of high-intensity EMA and 12 weeks of low-intensity EMA. Each participant will be in the study for 52 weeks with 20 visits, including follow-up visits.
Detailed description
- Interested persons, recruited by advertisement and screened by telephone (Appendix B), will report to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for in-person screening. At the screening session, we will obtain informed consent, HIPAA consent, medical-history information (including current medications, alcohol, and cigarette use), and baseline measurements of bioelectrical impedance (BIA-body composition testing), blood pressure, pulse, body weight, and waist and hip circumference. Individuals will also be screened with established instruments for eating-disorder symptoms (Appendix C), and depression (Appendix D).
- After deemed eligible, subjects will be prescribed an individualized diet and exercise program at Visit 2 (Week 0). Additional questionnaires to be done at this visit: Restraint Scale, Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ), and Reasons for Dieting (Appendix E).
- At the same visit, each participant will be issued a PDA and trained in its use as an Electronic Diary (ED). Participants will be expected to carry their PDAs at all times.
- A 4-week period of high-frequency monitoring will begin immediately: random prompts to initiate recordings will occur 0-5 times per day for 4 weeks. Participants must respond to at least 85% of all random prompts within 15 minutes. Participants will also initiate recordings whenever they have just experienced an urge to eat, or whenever they have actually eaten.
- Participants will be randomly assigned to a Group condition or a No-Group condition.
- In the Group condition, participants will attend 10 group meetings, starting at Week 2 (Visit 4), to strengthen diet-adherence and lapse-management skills. Group meetings will be held once every week for the first 5 weeks, and once every other week for the next 11 weeks.
- In the No-group condition, participants will be given some written tips on diet adherence, but will not attend group.
- All participants must come to the clinic at scheduled times (one time per week) to upload information from the PDA to a central data source. Participants will also be weighed at these visits. This may, for some participants, coincide with the scheduled group meetings
- During Week 5-16, the frequency of EMA random prompts will be reduced to 0-2 per day.
- During Week 8 we will re-weigh the participant and reevaluate each participant's diet and exercise program to ensure a proper and safe weight-maintenance regimen. We will also record the participant's height, weight, BIA, waist and hip measurements, blood pressure, and pulse.
- A final reevaluation and weigh-in will also occur when the participant finishes the study (Week 17). We will also record the participant's height, weight, BIA, waist and hip measurements, blood pressure, and pulse
- Participants will return their PDA to the clinic at this visit.
- At Weeks 26 and 52, participants will return for a follow-up visits at which they will be re-weighed and their current diet and exercise habits will be assessed. We will also record their height, weight, BIA, waist and hip measurements, blood pressure, and pulse.
- Participants will be paid $15 each time they provide ED data for upload (up to a maximum once per week). Subjects will receive an additional $80 for completing all 16 weeks, for a possible total of $320. Additionally, participants will be paid $50 for each follow-up visit at Weeks 26 and 52. Total compensation will be $420 for completion of the entire protocol. In addition, participants will be provided compensation for paying to park at a garage at the Johns Hopkins campus.
- Participants will be removed from the study if they: behave inappropriately; lose or damage two PDAs; miss more than three scheduled clinic visits; or fail to respond within 15 minutes to more than 15% of random prompts during either phase 1 or 2 of EMA.
Study design
- Observational model
- Defined population
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 1) age between 18 and 65; 2) BMI > 30 kg/m2 prior to weight loss; 3) initial weight loss in the 12-month period prior to enrolling of at least 10% of starting body weight; 4) no more than 50% regain of that initial weight loss by the time of screening.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 1) Schizophrenia or any other DSM-IV psychotic disorder; history of bipolar disorder; current Major Depressive Disorder; 2) current dependence on alcohol or sedative-hypnotic, e.g. benzodiazepine (by DSM-IV criteria); 3) cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude informed consent or valid self-report; 4) medical illness that in the view of the investigators would compromise participation in research.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
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 4 Apr 2007.
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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 J Cheskin, MD principal investigator
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Obesity and Weight Maintenance, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. 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 4 Apr 2007. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
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.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 4 Apr 2007.