Awareness, Care & Treatment in Obesity Management (ACTION) Study

Obesity Clinical Trial

— ACTION  

Official title:

Awareness, Care & Treatment in Obesity Management (ACTION) Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03223493
• Other study ID #: INS-4409
• Secondary ID: U1111-1198-9657
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 29, 2015
• Est. completion date: November 12, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The ACTION (Awareness, Care, and Treatment In Obesity management) study aims to identify perceptions, attitudes, behaviours, and potential barriers to effective obesity care across three respondent types: 1) People with Obesity, 2) Healthcare Providers and 3) Employer Representatives in the US. Data is collected via online surveys using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3767
• Est. completion date: November 12, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 12, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• GENERAL POPULATION

• Agrees to AE reporting

• Age at least 18 years

• Lives in the US

• Current BMI at least 30 kg/sqm

• HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

• Agrees to AE reporting

• Physician and board certified or NP/PA

• Facility located in the U.S. and not Vermont

• Spends at least 70% of time in direct patient care

• Seen at least 100 patients in past month

• Seen at least 10 patients in past month needing weight management

• In practice 2-35 years

• Not competitively employed

• Primary Care Providers

• Specialty is FP, IM, GP

• Less than 50% patients seen for obesity

• Obesity Specialists

• Obesity medicine or weight loss specialist or at least 50% of patients seen for obesity

• In practice 2-35 years

• EMPLOYERS

• Age at least 18 years

• Works in the US

• Director, Administrator, CHRO, VP or other title

• Responsible for making or influencing decisions about health insurance or health and wellness programs

• Company employs 500 or more full-time employees

• Believes there is a weight issue at their company

• Not competitively employed

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder
• Nutrition Disorders
• Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• No treatment given
Completion of a questionnaire

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Novo Nordisk Investigational Site	Honeoye Falls	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Novo Nordisk A/S

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Jinnett K, Kyle T, Parry T, Stevenin B, Ramasamy A. Insights into the Role of Employers Supporting Obesity Management in People with Obesity: Results of the National ACTION Study. Popul Health Manag. 2018 Oct 31. doi: 10.1089/pop.2018.0133. [Epub ahead of — View Citation

Kaplan LM, Golden A, Jinnett K, Kolotkin RL, Kyle TK, Look M, Nadglowski J, O'Neil PM, Parry T, Tomaszewski KJ, Stevenin B, Lilleøre SK, Dhurandhar NV. Perceptions of Barriers to Effective Obesity Care: Results from the National ACTION Study. Obesity (Sil — View Citation

Look M, Kolotkin RL, Dhurandhar NV, Nadglowski J, Stevenin B, Golden A. Implications of differing attitudes and experiences between providers and persons with obesity: results of the national ACTION study. Postgrad Med. 2019 Jun;131(5):357-365. doi: 10.10 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Awareness with the care and management of obesity among people with obesity	Data is collected via online questionnaires using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design	Start of interviews day 1 until day 15
Primary	Awareness with the care and management of obesity among health care providers	Data is collected via online questionnaires using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design	Start of interviews day 1 until day 15
Primary	Awareness with the care and management of obesity among employer representatives	Data is collected via online questionnaires using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design	Start of interviews day 1 until day 15