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Overweight and ObesityNCT03826394

Lifestyle Interventions in Overweight and Obese Postpartum Women

A study testing Exercise Intervention and Dietary Intervention in people with Overweight and Obesity, run by Nottingham Trent University at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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Trial summary

The current study aims to investigate the effects of a chosen technology-based exercise or healthy eating intervention that combines individual and group-based support, on weight loss and other health-related parameters in postpartum women with overweight or obesity. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 50 years, women only
Conditions the study is for
Overweight and Obesity
What is being tested?
Exercise Intervention and Dietary Intervention
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
42 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
19 Aug 2019to Feb 2020
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 18 to 50 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Be at least 18 years old at the date of their first visit. Have a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 25 kg∙m2 (this will be worked out by the researchers using the participant's height and body weight). Have had a singleton pregnancy. Have had one pregnancy to date. Be 6 weeks-1 year postpartum (and had physician's approval to return to exercise).
  • Own a smartphone (able to download and use WhatsApp). In the researcher's opinion, the participant is able and willing to follow all trial requirements.

Who cannot join

  • Have a clinical diagnosis of depression/postnatal depression. Currently enrolled on another weight loss programme. Currently consuming weight loss tablets/supplements. Have heart/liver/chronic renal disease. Have a clinical diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Consume excessive amounts of alcohol (regularly drinking more than 14 units of alcohol a week). Actively trying for another baby/planning a pregnancy in the next 6 months. Experienced a stillbirth. Have any health conditions that affect physical activity engagement. On any medication that affects the ability to exercise. On any medication that affects the ability to follow a healthy eating programme.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Stephanie J Hanley, MRes contact

07414542237

stephanie.hanley2016@my.ntu.ac.uk

Kirsty J Elliott-Sale, PhD contact

01158486338

kirsty.elliottsale@ntu.ac.uk

United Kingdom1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 6AP

    Stephanie Hanley, +447414542237, stephaniejanehanley@hotmail.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: The Effects of Exercise and Dietary Interventions in Overweight and Obese Postpartum Women on Weight Management and Health.

The current study aims to investigate the effects of a chosen technology-based exercise or healthy eating intervention that combines individual and group-based support, on weight loss and other health-related parameters in postpartum women with overweight or obesity. All participants will be asked to engage in a 20-week programme consisting of a 4 week tracked free living period followed by a 16-week intervention. The investigators hypothesise that reductions in BMI (body mass index) and improvements in health-related parameters will be observed post-intervention.

Read the detailed description

The current study will investigate the effects of a chosen exercise or dietary intervention on BMI and other health-related parameters in postpartum women with overweight and obesity. Dietary or physical activity interventions, alone or combined, are associated with greater weight loss when provided to women in the postpartum period, compared with no intervention. Providing a combined physical activity and dietary intervention is associated with an average weight loss of 2.49kg post-intervention and 2.4kg 12 months after pregnancy. However, the variation in average weight loss achieved is great which could be due to differences in the design of lifestyle programmes.

Interventions including individualised support and self-monitoring have proven more effective in promoting reductions in BMI in postpartum women. However, high levels of attrition and poor engagement have been highlighted as two areas that require attention in this area. Therefore, future research is required to identify strategies best suited to the design and implementation of effective lifestyle interventions in overweight and obese postpartum women.

Women between six weeks and one year postpartum will elect to be part of either a 16-week exercise or dietary intervention. Prior to this, participants will be tracked for a period of four weeks in free living conditions. Each intervention will be split into four blocks of three weeks where staged intervention specific information will be provided. Individualised face-to-face and technological group support will be provided throughout. For the final four weeks of the intervention no new information will be provided and all support will be withdrawn.

Analyses of body composition and girths, blood metabolites, resting heart rate, blood pressure, and questionnaires assessing physical activity, eating behaviours and quality of life will be carried out alongside assessments of BMI at baseline, pre-intervention and at both twelve and sixteen weeks of the intervention. Measures of BMI, resting heart rate, blood pressure and questionnaire scores will be taken at each three weekly stage of the intervention.

Keywords
Postpartum, Overweight, Obesity, Exercise, Diet, Lifestyle
Medical subject headings
Overweight, Obesity, Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Exercise InterventionBehavioural

    Also called Physical Activity Intervention

    Education based sixteen week intervention where participants will be provided with core information every three weeks and supplementary information through technological means at other time points. All provided information will be exercise specific. Individualised and group support provided throughout the first twelve weeks and withdrawn for the final four weeks. Fitbit Flex 2 provided for the duration of the study.

  • Dietary InterventionBehavioural

    Also called Nutritional Intervention/Healthy eating Intervention

    Education based sixteen week intervention where participants will be provided with core information every three weeks and supplementary information through technological means at other time points. All provided information will be diet specific. Individualised and group support provided throughout the first twelve weeks and withdrawn for the final four weeks. Fitbit Flex 2 provided for the duration of the study.

Study groups in NCT03826394
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Exercise InterventionExperimentalExercise intervention with the aim of incrementally increasing physical activity to meet the national recommendation of 150 minutes a week of moderate-vigorous physical activity, reducing BMI and improving overall health.
Receives: Behavioral: Exercise Intervention
Dietary InterventionExperimentalStaged dietary intervention with the aim of improving eating behaviours, reducing BMI and improving overall health.
Receives: Behavioral: Dietary Intervention

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Changes in BMI

    Weight (kg) and height (m) will be combined to report BMI in kg/m^2

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Change in Body Composition

    Whole body DXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan to assess fat mass, fat-free mass, bone density.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 16, 20

  2. Change in Blood Metabolites

    Fingertip blood sample taken to assess total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, glycated haemoglobin, random glucose.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 16, 20

  3. Change in Body Girths

    Measures (in cm) of waist, hip, thigh, calf, bust and upper arm girths.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 16, 20

  4. Change in Blood Pressure

    Measure of blood pressure taken at rest.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

  5. Change in Resting Heart Rate

    Measure of heart rate taken at rest.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

  6. Change in Quality of Life

    Assessment of quality of life using the Impact of Weight on Quality on Life (Lite) and Short-Form 36 Questionnaires.

    Short-Form 36- scores range from 0-100 (lower scores= more disability; higher scores = less disability).

    Impact of Weight on Quality of Life- 31-item that calculates a total score and scores on 5 separate domains (physical function, self-esteem, sexual life, public distress, work).

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

  7. Change in Sleep Quality

    Assessment of sleep quality using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire. Index contains 19 self-rated questions and 5 questions rated by the bed partner or roommate. Only self-rated questions are included in the scoring. Self-rated items are combined to form 7 component scores, each of which has a range of 0-3 points. A score of 0 indicates no difficulty while a score of 3 indicates severe difficulty. The 7 components scores are then summed together to yield one global score, with a range of 0-21 points. 0 indicates no difficulty and 21 indicates severe difficulties in all areas.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

  8. Change in Eating Behaviours

    Assessment of eating behaviours using Three Factor Eating Questionnaire. Responses to each of the 18 items are given a score of between 1 and 4 and item scores are summated into scale scores for cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating. Higher scores in the respective scales are indicative of greater cognitive restraint, uncontrolled, or emotional eating.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

  9. Change in Physical Activity Levels

    Measures of physical activity levels through direct (Fitbit) and indirect (Godin 7-day leisure time physical activity questionnaire) measures.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

  10. Change in Markers of Postnatal Depression

    Assessment of markers of depression using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Responses to each of the 10 items are given a score of 0 to 3. The maximum score is 30. Higher scores indicate greater degrees of depression, with a score of 13 or above indicating varying degrees of depressive illness.

    Measured: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted1 Feb 2019
  2. Study start19 Aug 2019
  3. Primary completionFeb 2020 (estimated)
  4. Study completionFeb 2020 (estimated)

Resources

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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Participants will take part in an exercise or dietary intervention in a non-randomised, parallel study. Each intervention will be preceded by a four week tracked free-living period. Both interventions will be completed over a sixteen week period. Following the tracked period, participants will choose to take part in either the exercise or dietary intervention. Intervention information will be delivered in four, three week blocks. No new information will be provided during the final four weeks of the intervention.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
42 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03826394
Sponsor's protocol ID
NottinghamTU
Status last verified
Aug 2019
First submitted
28 Jan 2019
Last updated
22 Aug 2019
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided: Individual participant data may be made available to other researchers following completion of the current trial in an anonymised/pseudonymised format to prevent individual participant identification. Data will be provided in response to certain requests (e.g. if a systematic review and meta-analysis/statistical power calculation is being conducted that requires access to certain raw data).

Publications

  • McKinley MC, Allen-Walker V, McGirr C, Rooney C, Woodside JV. Weight loss after pregnancy: challenges and opportunities. Nutr Res Rev. 2018 Dec;31(2):225-238. doi: 10.1017/S0954422418000070. Epub 2018 Jul 9.

    PubMed 29984681
  • Dalrymple KV, Flynn AC, Relph SA, O'Keeffe M, Poston L. Lifestyle Interventions in Overweight and Obese Pregnant or Postpartum Women for Postpartum Weight Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Nutrients. 2018 Nov 7;10(11):1704. doi: 10.3390/nu10111704.

    PubMed 30405088
  • Dodd JM, Deussen AR, O'Brien CM, Schoenaker DAJM, Poprzeczny A, Gordon A, Phelan S. Targeting the postpartum period to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutr Rev. 2018 Aug 1;76(8):639-654. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuy024.

    PubMed 29889259
  • Guo J, Chen JL, Whittemore R, Whitaker E. Postpartum Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Among Women with History of Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Jan;25(1):38-49. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5262. Epub 2015 Dec 24.

    PubMed 26700931
  • Burke LE, Wang J, Sevick MA. Self-monitoring in weight loss: a systematic review of the literature. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Jan;111(1):92-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.10.008.

    PubMed 21185970

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Exercise Intervention and Dietary Intervention in people with Overweight and Obesity, run by Nottingham Trent University at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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 2 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Aug 2019. 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 Kingdom. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Stephanie J Hanley, MRes (07414542237, stephanie.hanley2016@my.ntu.ac.uk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Changes in BMI (time frame: Week 0, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20). 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 NCT03826394, which also lists 5 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 22 Aug 2019.

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