Childhood OverweightCOMPASSNCT00759746
Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
A study testing SFM+ Low Dose, Weight Maintenance Education and SFM+ High Dose in people with Childhood Overweight and Childhood Obesity, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a standard weight loss treatment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 7 to 11 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Childhood Overweight, Childhood Obesity
- What is being tested?
- SFM+ Low Dose, Weight Maintenance Education and SFM+ High Dose
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 482 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Oct 2009to Mar 2013
- 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 7 to 11 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Children will be between the ages of 7 and 11 and at or above the 85th percentile for weight.
- At least one parent of the participating child must be overweight (BMI ≥ 25).
- One parent must agree to attend all parent/child treatment meetings as the participating parent.
- Participants must be able to speak and comprehend English.
Who cannot join
- Participating parent or child having a thought disorder, suicidality, bipolar disorder, or drug or alcohol dependence.
- Participating parent or child having a physical disability or illness that prevents performance of physical activity at level equivalent to a brisk walk or that places severe restriction on diet.
- Participating parent or child being on a medication regimen that affects weight.
- Participating parent or child being involved in active psychiatric treatment for an ongoing problem that causes either social or occupational impairment.
- Parents (participating and nonparticipating) and children having an eating disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) or having subclinical levels of eating disturbance (i.e., reporting key eating disorder behaviors of purging, fasting, or binge eating more than two times per month).
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute
Seattle, Washington, 98121
Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, 63110
About this study
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a standard weight loss treatment.
Read the detailed description
Childhood Obesity (CO) prevalence in the United States has tripled in recent decades, and nearly 30% of children aged 6 to 11 are overweight or obese. CO is a serious public health problem, and is associated with both immediate and long-term health problems (e.g., hypertension, type 2 diabetes, asthma) and psychosocial problems (e.g., social isolation, depression, eating disorder symptomatology). Furthermore, CO is a significant risk factor for adult obesity with several prospective studies showing that, if untreated, about half of overweight grade-school children remain obese as adults. Fortunately, children respond favorably to family-based behavioral weight loss treatment (FBT), the most well-established intervention for the treatment of overweight in children 7 to 12 years old. Weight loss treatments for overweight children have been associated with significant physical and psychosocial health benefits; however, despite initial success with lifestyle interventions, considerable relapse often occurs once treatment ends. Clearly, CO is a significant public health problem, and long-term maintenance of weight loss remains a priority to stem the increased costs to the individual and society. Therefore, we propose to conduct a multi-site randomized controlled trial with overweight children (N=241) and their parents (N=241) [for a total N=482]. All participants will complete 4 months of FBT and then be randomized to one of three, 8-month maintenance conditions: (1) Weight Maintenance Therapy, who will receive SFM - Low Dose [LOW] (16 sessions over 8 months), (2) Intensive Weight Maintenance Therapy, who will receive SFM - High Dose [HIGH] (32 sessions over 8 months), or (3) Current Standard of Care, who will receive Weight Maintenance Education (16 sessions over 8 months). Relative weight and associated outcomes will be assessed at 0 (pre-weight loss), 4 (post-weight loss), 12 (post-maintenance treatment),18 months and 24 months. Additionally, brief assessments will be conducted at four points during the course of maintenance treatment to measure presumed mediators.
- Conditions
- Childhood Overweight, Childhood Obesity
- Being tested
- SFM+ Low Dose, Weight Maintenance Education, SFM+ High Dose
- Keywords
- Weight loss maintenance
- Medical subject headings
- Pediatric Obesity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
SFM+ Low DoseBehavioural
The SFM intervention assumes people need a social environment that supports changes in eating and physical activity for continued weight maintenance. Therefore, the SFM intervention will focus on helping families create a social environment that supports weight maintenance (e.g., children being friends with physically active peers). Participants in this group will meet less often than families that receive the Social Facilitation Maintenance (SFM) - High Dose intervention, giving them more opportunities to practice new skills between clinic visits.
Weight Maintenance EducationBehavioural
The Weight Maintenance Education intervention will help participants in parent and child groups to learn more about healthy eating and physical activity in a group setting. Participants will also learn about exercise and exercise safety, hydration during exercise, and stress management. Parent and child groups will combine for particular on-site and off-site activities, such as cooking demonstrations, grocery store tours, gym tours, and dance lessons.
SFM+ High DoseBehavioural
The SFM intervention assumes people need a social environment that supports changes in eating and physical activity for continued weight maintenance. Therefore, the SFM intervention will focus on helping families create a social environment that supports weight maintenance (e.g., children being friends with physically active peers). Participants in this group will meet more often than families that receive the Social Facilitation Maintenance (SFM) - Low Dose intervention, allowing for more in-depth discussion and practice of key skills and concepts related to creating a social environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. These participants will receive more feedback and reinforcement from fellow group members, family interventionists, and group leaders for practicing their new behaviors.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Weight Maintenance Education | Active comparator | Participants assigned to this group will receive the Weight Maintenance Education intervention. They will meet every other week during the maintenance phase of the study for a total of 16 sessions over 8 months. During the visit, participants will participate in a series of interactive workshops within child and parent groups to learn general information about healthy eating and physical activity. Receives: Behavioral: Weight Maintenance Education |
| SFM+ Low Dose | Experimental | Participants assigned to this group will receive the SFM+ Low Dose. Receives: Behavioral: SFM+ Low Dose |
| SFM+ High Dose | Experimental | Participants assigned to this group will receive the SFM+ High Dose. Receives: Behavioral: SFM+ High Dose |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Child percent overweight
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Sep 2008 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2009
- Primary completionMar 2013
- Study completionMar 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (10)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Childhood OverweightStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Washington University School of MedicineThe 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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 482 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Florida, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Denise E Wilfley, PhD, Principal investigator, Washington University School of MedicineBrian Saelens, Ph.D., Principal investigator, Seattle Children's Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00759746
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 201107083
- Other IDs
- 2R01HD036904
- Acronym
- COMPASS
- Status last verified
- Feb 2017
- First submitted
- 23 Sep 2008
- Last updated
- 23 Feb 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Hayes JF, Altman M, Kolko RP, Balantekin KN, Holland JC, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Decreasing food fussiness in children with obesity leads to greater weight loss in family-based treatment. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Oct;24(10):2158-63. doi: 10.1002/oby.21622. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
PubMed 27601189Altman M, Cahill Holland J, Lundeen D, Kolko RP, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Reduction in food away from home is associated with improved child relative weight and body composition outcomes and this relation is mediated by changes in diet quality. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2015 Sep;115(9):1400-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.03.009. Epub 2015 May 8.
PubMed 25963602Holland JC, Kolko RP, Stein RI, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Saelens BE, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Modifications in parent feeding practices and child diet during family-based behavioral treatment improve child zBMI. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 May;22(5):E119-26. doi: 10.1002/oby.20708. Epub 2014 Mar 25.
PubMed 24458836Best JR, Theim KR, Gredysa DM, Stein RI, Welch RR, Saelens BE, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Behavioral economic predictors of overweight children's weight loss. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Dec;80(6):1086-1096. doi: 10.1037/a0029827. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
PubMed 22924332Fowler LA, Litt MD, Rotman SA, Conlon RPK, Jakubiak J, Stein RI, Balantekin KN, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Relation of social network support to child health behaviors among children in treatment for overweight/obesity. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Jun;27(5):1669-1678. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01303-4. Epub 2021 Sep 21.
PubMed 34549372Grammer AC, Best JR, Fowler LA, Balantekin KN, Stein RI, Conlon RPK, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. General and Eating Disorder Psychopathology in Relation to Short- and Long-Term Weight Change in Treatment-Seeking Children: A Latent Profile Analysis. Ann Behav Med. 2021 Jun 28;55(7):698-704. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa076.
PubMed 32914852Fowler LA, Grammer AC, Ray MK, Balantekin KN, Stein RI, Kolko Conlon RP, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Examining the interdependence of parent-child dyads: Effects on weight loss and maintenance. Pediatr Obes. 2021 Jan;16(1):e12697. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12697. Epub 2020 Jul 28.
PubMed 32720457Rotman SA, Fowler LA, Ray MK, Stein RI, Hayes JF, Kolko RP, Balantekin KN, Engel A, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Family Encouragement of Healthy Eating Predicts Child Dietary Intake and Weight Loss in Family-Based Behavioral Weight-Loss Treatment. Child Obes. 2020 Apr;16(3):218-225. doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0119. Epub 2019 Dec 12.
PubMed 31829732Wilfley DE, Saelens BE, Stein RI, Best JR, Kolko RP, Schechtman KB, Wallendorf M, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH. Dose, Content, and Mediators of Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Dec 1;171(12):1151-1159. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.2960.
PubMed 29084318Balantekin KN, Hayes JF, Sheinbein DH, Kolko RP, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Hurst KT, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Patterns of Eating Disorder Pathology are Associated with Weight Change in Family-Based Behavioral Obesity Treatment. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Dec;25(12):2115-2122. doi: 10.1002/oby.22028. Epub 2017 Oct 6.
PubMed 28984076
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Feb 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00759746
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- COMPASS / 201107083
- Conditions
- Childhood Overweight, Childhood Obesity
- Keywords
- Weight loss maintenance
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 482 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Washington University School of MedicineUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Florida, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Study start
- Oct 2009
- Primary completion
- Mar 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Sep 2008 (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 purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a standard weight loss treatment.
Detailed description
Childhood Obesity (CO) prevalence in the United States has tripled in recent decades, and nearly 30% of children aged 6 to 11 are overweight or obese. CO is a serious public health problem, and is associated with both immediate and long-term health problems (e.g., hypertension, type 2 diabetes, asthma) and psychosocial problems (e.g., social isolation, depression, eating disorder symptomatology). Furthermore, CO is a significant risk factor for adult obesity with several prospective studies showing that, if untreated, about half of overweight grade-school children remain obese as adults. Fortunately, children respond favorably to family-based behavioral weight loss treatment (FBT), the most well-established intervention for the treatment of overweight in children 7 to 12 years old. Weight loss treatments for overweight children have been associated with significant physical and psychosocial health benefits; however, despite initial success with lifestyle interventions, considerable relapse often occurs once treatment ends. Clearly, CO is a significant public health problem, and long-term maintenance of weight loss remains a priority to stem the increased costs to the individual and society. Therefore, we propose to conduct a multi-site randomized controlled trial with overweight children (N=241) and their parents (N=241) [for a total N=482]. All participants will complete 4 months of FBT and then be randomized to one of three, 8-month maintenance conditions: (1) Weight Maintenance Therapy, who will receive SFM - Low Dose [LOW] (16 sessions over 8 months), (2) Intensive Weight Maintenance Therapy, who will receive SFM - High Dose [HIGH] (32 sessions over 8 months), or (3) Current Standard of Care, who will receive Weight Maintenance Education (16 sessions over 8 months). Relative weight and associated outcomes will be assessed at 0 (pre-weight loss), 4 (post-weight loss), 12 (post-maintenance treatment),18 months and 24 months. Additionally, brief assessments will be conducted at four points during the course of maintenance treatment to measure presumed mediators.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Weight Maintenance Education | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weight Maintenance EducationParticipants assigned to this group will receive the Weight Maintenance Education intervention. They will meet every other week during the maintenance phase of the study for a total of 16 sessions over 8 months. During the visit, participants will participate in a series of interactive workshops within child and parent groups to learn general information about healthy eating and physical activity. |
| SFM+ Low Dose | Experimental | Behavioral: SFM+ Low DoseParticipants assigned to this group will receive the SFM+ Low Dose. |
| SFM+ High Dose | Experimental | Behavioral: SFM+ High DoseParticipants assigned to this group will receive the SFM+ High Dose. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 7 to 11 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Children will be between the ages of 7 and 11 and at or above the 85th percentile for weight.
- At least one parent of the participating child must be overweight (BMI ≥ 25).
- One parent must agree to attend all parent/child treatment meetings as the participating parent.
- Participants must be able to speak and comprehend English.
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Participating parent or child having a thought disorder, suicidality, bipolar disorder, or drug or alcohol dependence.
- Participating parent or child having a physical disability or illness that prevents performance of physical activity at level equivalent to a brisk walk or that places severe restriction on diet.
- Participating parent or child being on a medication regimen that affects weight.
- Participating parent or child being involved in active psychiatric treatment for an ongoing problem that causes either social or occupational impairment.
- Parents (participating and nonparticipating) and children having an eating disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) or having subclinical levels of eating disturbance (i.e., reporting key eating disorder behaviors of purging, fasting, or binge eating more than two times per month).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SFM+ Low DoseThe SFM intervention assumes people need a social environment that supports changes in eating and physical activity for continued weight maintenance. Therefore, the SFM intervention will focus on helping families create a social environment that supports weight maintenance (e.g., children being friends with physically active peers). Participants in this group will meet less often than families that receive the Social Facilitation Maintenance (SFM) - High Dose intervention, giving them more opportunities to practice new skills between clinic visits. | Behavioural | SFM+ Low Dose |
| Weight Maintenance EducationThe Weight Maintenance Education intervention will help participants in parent and child groups to learn more about healthy eating and physical activity in a group setting. Participants will also learn about exercise and exercise safety, hydration during exercise, and stress management. Parent and child groups will combine for particular on-site and off-site activities, such as cooking demonstrations, grocery store tours, gym tours, and dance lessons. | Behavioural | Weight Maintenance Education |
| SFM+ High DoseThe SFM intervention assumes people need a social environment that supports changes in eating and physical activity for continued weight maintenance. Therefore, the SFM intervention will focus on helping families create a social environment that supports weight maintenance (e.g., children being friends with physically active peers). Participants in this group will meet more often than families that receive the Social Facilitation Maintenance (SFM) - Low Dose intervention, allowing for more in-depth discussion and practice of key skills and concepts related to creating a social environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. These participants will receive more feedback and reinforcement from fellow group members, family interventionists, and group leaders for practicing their new behaviors. | Behavioural | SFM+ High Dose |
Primary outcome
Child percent overweight
Time frame: 1 year
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 23 Feb 2017.
- Results publication: PubMed 27601189Hayes JF, Altman M, Kolko RP, Balantekin KN, Holland JC, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Decreasing food fussiness in children with obesity leads to greater weight loss in family-based treatment. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Oct;24(10):2158-63. doi: 10.1002/oby.21622. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
- Results publication: PubMed 25963602Altman M, Cahill Holland J, Lundeen D, Kolko RP, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Reduction in food away from home is associated with improved child relative weight and body composition outcomes and this relation is mediated by changes in diet quality. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2015 Sep;115(9):1400-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.03.009. Epub 2015 May 8.
- Results publication: PubMed 24458836Holland JC, Kolko RP, Stein RI, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Saelens BE, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Modifications in parent feeding practices and child diet during family-based behavioral treatment improve child zBMI. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 May;22(5):E119-26. doi: 10.1002/oby.20708. Epub 2014 Mar 25.
- Results publication: PubMed 22924332Best JR, Theim KR, Gredysa DM, Stein RI, Welch RR, Saelens BE, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Behavioral economic predictors of overweight children's weight loss. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Dec;80(6):1086-1096. doi: 10.1037/a0029827. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 34549372Fowler LA, Litt MD, Rotman SA, Conlon RPK, Jakubiak J, Stein RI, Balantekin KN, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Relation of social network support to child health behaviors among children in treatment for overweight/obesity. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Jun;27(5):1669-1678. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01303-4. Epub 2021 Sep 21.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 32914852Grammer AC, Best JR, Fowler LA, Balantekin KN, Stein RI, Conlon RPK, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. General and Eating Disorder Psychopathology in Relation to Short- and Long-Term Weight Change in Treatment-Seeking Children: A Latent Profile Analysis. Ann Behav Med. 2021 Jun 28;55(7):698-704. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa076.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 32720457Fowler LA, Grammer AC, Ray MK, Balantekin KN, Stein RI, Kolko Conlon RP, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Examining the interdependence of parent-child dyads: Effects on weight loss and maintenance. Pediatr Obes. 2021 Jan;16(1):e12697. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12697. Epub 2020 Jul 28.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 31829732Rotman SA, Fowler LA, Ray MK, Stein RI, Hayes JF, Kolko RP, Balantekin KN, Engel A, Saelens BE, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Family Encouragement of Healthy Eating Predicts Child Dietary Intake and Weight Loss in Family-Based Behavioral Weight-Loss Treatment. Child Obes. 2020 Apr;16(3):218-225. doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0119. Epub 2019 Dec 12.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 29084318Wilfley DE, Saelens BE, Stein RI, Best JR, Kolko RP, Schechtman KB, Wallendorf M, Welch RR, Perri MG, Epstein LH. Dose, Content, and Mediators of Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Dec 1;171(12):1151-1159. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.2960.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 28984076Balantekin KN, Hayes JF, Sheinbein DH, Kolko RP, Stein RI, Saelens BE, Hurst KT, Welch RR, Perri MG, Schechtman KB, Epstein LH, Wilfley DE. Patterns of Eating Disorder Pathology are Associated with Weight Change in Family-Based Behavioral Obesity Treatment. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Dec;25(12):2115-2122. doi: 10.1002/oby.22028. Epub 2017 Oct 6.
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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.
Denise E Wilfley, PhD principal investigator
Washington University School of Medicine
Brian Saelens, Ph.D. principal investigator
Seattle Children's Hospital
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing SFM+ Low Dose, Weight Maintenance Education and SFM+ High Dose in people with Childhood Overweight and Childhood Obesity, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 2 sites 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 4 inclusion and 5 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 23 Feb 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites 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.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Child percent overweight (time frame: 1 year). 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 NCT00759746, which also lists 10 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 23 Feb 2017; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.