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Weight MaintenanceSCULPT-JobNCT04709549

ObeSity and Jobs in SoCioeconomically Disadvantaged CommUnities: A Randomized CLinical Precision Public HealTh Intervention --The SCULPT-Job Study

A study testing Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal Services and Diabetes Prevention Program in people with Weight Maintenance and Weight Loss, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This is an interventional research study about clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral factors that impact weight loss, weight maintenance, and cardiovascular disease in socially disadvantaged persons. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal Services and Diabetes Prevention Program
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
45 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
10 Feb 2021to 20 Jan 2024
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants from disadvantaged backgrounds (average median household approximately $31,000 household income/ 4 people,
  • participants in the federal Medicaid insurance program or Medical,
  • age > 18 years old,
  • and BMI > 25 kg/m2 (for Asian ethnicity BMI> 22 kg/m2).

Who cannot join

  • pregnancy or post-partum state (< 12 months post-partum),
  • history of diabetes (type 1 or 2),
  • history of myocardial infarction, stroke or cardiac arrest in the prior 2 years,
  • history of physician diagnosed cognitive, developmental or psychiatric conditions, recent orthopedic diagnosis or surgery (< 6 months),
  • and persons facing housing eviction or undergoing an active housing leasing process (e.g getting their credit report in shape for a potential lease, in the process of getting a new housing lease).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • YMCA-Bayview

    San Francisco, California, 94124

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About this study

This is an interventional research study about clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral factors that impact weight loss, weight maintenance, and cardiovascular disease in socially disadvantaged persons.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this study is to understand whether the incorporation of social determinants of health into a weight loss/maintenance study, along with a known behavioral intervention will result in improved efficacy than the behavioral intervention by itself. This study will examine the role of psychosocial, clinical, and behavioral factors in the context of the intervention.

The entire duration of the study will be 18 months. Study activities will occur virtually or at YMCA locations in the city of San Francisco or at other community centers.

Being tested
Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal Services, Diabetes Prevention Program
Medical subject headings
Weight Loss, Stress, Psychological, Occupational Stress, Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases

What participants receive

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

  • Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal ServicesBehavioural

    Also called DPP + Job and Legal Services

    Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a one-year lifestyle modification program that helps adults at risk for developing type 2 diabetes gain tools for healthy living.

    Job readiness services will be provided by YMCA SF service connectors, trained staff with expertise in employment services who are bi-lingual in English/Spanish and/or Cantonese/English to serve the needs of the community. Service Connectors will assist with providing employment services (e.g job search, potential placement and retention services, relationship development with partners and employers) and job readiness instruction/training.

  • Diabetes Prevention ProgramBehavioural

    Also called DPP

    Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a one-year lifestyle modification program that helps adults at risk for developing type 2 diabetes gain tools for healthy living.

Study groups in NCT04709549
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Diabetes Prevention ProgramActive comparatorThe DPP is a behavioral obesity and diabetes prevention program run by the YMCA, over a 12-month period.
Receives: Behavioral: Diabetes Prevention Program
Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal ServicesExperimentalParticipants meet with service connectors to receive an individual assessment of your needs and create an individual service plan for job services and be referred to legal support services if also needed.
Receives: Behavioral: Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal Services

What is being measured

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

  1. BMI Change

    Weight will be measured using a calibrated digital scale to the nearest 0.1 kg. Height will be measured using a stadiometer. Waist and hip measurements will be performed using vinyl retractable tape to the nearest 0.1 cm at the smallest horizontal portion of the waist (highest horizontal point of the iliac crest with minimal respiration) and largest area of the hip.

    Measured: Baseline and 12 month

  2. BMI Maintenance

    The primary analysis of the maintenance phase will include 18-month outcomes, allowing 0-to-12 and 12-to-18 month linear changes by study arm. This model will estimate and compare mean (95% CI) 0-to-18 month changes by study arm: under the hypothesis that differential changes through month 12 will be maintained over the following 6 months, 12- and 18-month differences (95% CI) between arms will be similar (i.e., same sample size calculation). For descriptive purposes, we will compare the later slopes to quantify differential recidivism; within-arm 95% CIs that exclude positive values will demonstrate maintenance of intervention-period weight loss

    Measured: Baseline and 12 month

  3. Ideal Cardiovascular Health

    AHA 2020 ideal cardiovascular health score will be used as an index about cardiovascular health consisting of health behaviors and factors. Ideal cardiovascular health is defined as: BMI < 25 kg/m2, > 150 min/week of moderate physical activity, a healthy diet pattern including sufficient amounts of fruits and vegetables, optimal blood pressure (< 120/<80 mmHg), fasting glucose (< 100 mg/dL), total cholesterol < 200, and never smoking or quit smoking for more than 12 months

    For analysis, the investigators will score each item-level category as (0,0.5,1), respectively. This step expands the granularity of ICH Scores from 8 to 15 values, allowing finer measure of longitudinal change during the intervention and maintenance periods. For descriptive purposes,the investigators will compare the later slopes to quantify differential recidivism; within-arm 95% CIs that exclude positive values will demonstrate maintenance of intervention-period weight loss.

    Measured: 12 month and 18 months

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Cumulative Stress

    The construct "cumulative psychological stress"(CPS), will be used to capture eight types of stress that commonly affect individuals over a life-course. The stressors include negative and traumatic life events, work-family stress, work, financial stress, intimate partner stress, neighborhood stress, and everyday discrimination. The questionnaire was constructed using a battery of scales approach that utilizes scales that have good psychometric properties that were assembled for the Chicago Community Health Aging (CCAHS), American Changing Lives, and Alameda County and Detroit Area Studies. Weights were assigned to each of the 8 domains comprising the cumulative stress score based on the reciprocal of the standard deviation of the scores for questions in each domain. The 8 domain-specific weighted scores were then added to create the cumulative stress score (CPS; range 16-385), with higher values representing higher stress.

    Measured: Baseline and 12 month

  2. Impulsivity

    The following indicators will be obtained: Self-reported indicators of trait impulsivity via the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale.

    Measured: Baseline and 12 month

  3. Cellular Aging Biomarkers

    To measure the change in telomeres, telomere length processing will be performed using finger-stick blood samples collected from participants at baseline and 12 months. Approximately 30 microliters of blood will be collected.

    Relative mean telomere length will be measured from DNA by a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay as (T)/(S) ratio. The inter-assay coefficient of variability for telomere length measurement is 3.7%. The intra-assay coefficient of variability is 2.5% (equivalent to 0.13 kilobases/baseline mean)

    Measured: Baseline and 12 month

  4. Binge Eating

    BIS captures impulsive decision making, lack of planning, and impaired attention. We will assess binge eating by evaluating binge eating frequency using the methods from the Framingham Heart Study and severity from a 16 item binge eating scale, BES.

    Measured: Baseline and 12 month

Timeline

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

  1. First posted14 Jan 2021
  2. Study start10 Feb 2021
  3. Primary completion20 Jan 2024
  4. Study completion20 Jan 2024

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
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
The parallel, interventional SCULPT-Job Study model randomizes persons to either the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) only OR the DPP plus job readiness/legal services.
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
45 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04709549
Sponsor's protocol ID
18-26093
Acronym
SCULPT-Job
Status last verified
Oct 2024
First submitted
4 Nov 2020
Last updated
24 Oct 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Baranowski T, Cullen KW, Nicklas T, Thompson D, Baranowski J. Are current health behavioral change models helpful in guiding prevention of weight gain efforts? Obes Res. 2003 Oct;11 Suppl:23S-43S. doi: 10.1038/oby.2003.222.

    PubMed 14569036
  • Baum A, Garofalo JP, Yali AM. Socioeconomic status and chronic stress. Does stress account for SES effects on health? Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999;896:131-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08111.x.

    PubMed 10681894
  • Kumanyika SK, Whitt-Glover MC, Gary TL, Prewitt TE, Odoms-Young AM, Banks-Wallace J, Beech BM, Halbert CH, Karanja N, Lancaster KJ, Samuel-Hodge CD. Expanding the obesity research paradigm to reach African American communities. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Oct;4(4):A112. Epub 2007 Sep 15.

    PubMed 17875256
  • Lantz PM, House JS, Mero RP, Williams DR. Stress, life events, and socioeconomic disparities in health: results from the Americans' Changing Lives Study. J Health Soc Behav. 2005 Sep;46(3):274-88. doi: 10.1177/002214650504600305.

    PubMed 16259149
  • Spinella M. Normative data and a short form of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. Int J Neurosci. 2007 Mar;117(3):359-68. doi: 10.1080/00207450600588881.

    PubMed 17365120
  • Gormally J, Black S, Daston S, Rardin D. The assessment of binge eating severity among obese persons. Addict Behav. 1982;7(1):47-55. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(82)90024-7.

    PubMed 7080884
  • Albert MA, Durazo EM, Slopen N, Zaslavsky AM, Buring JE, Silva T, Chasman D, Williams DR. Cumulative psychological stress and cardiovascular disease risk in middle aged and older women: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics. Am Heart J. 2017 Oct;192:1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.06.012. Epub 2017 Jun 28.

    PubMed 28938955

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal Services and Diabetes Prevention Program in people with Weight Maintenance and Weight Loss, run by University of California, San Francisco 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 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 24 Oct 2024. 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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

BMI Change (time frame: Baseline and 12 month). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT04709549, which also lists 7 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 24 Oct 2024.

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