Online Platform for Healthy Weight Loss (POEmaS)

Obesity Clinical Trial

— POEmaS  

Official title:

Use of Web as a Tool to Promote Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03435445
• Other study ID #: 73545717500005149
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 30, 2018
• Last updated: February 9, 2018
• Start date: September 24, 2017
• Est. completion date: April 23, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical trial to test the efficacy of an online platform based on behavior change principles in promoting weight loss among overweight and obese students and employees of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The hypothesis is that participants of the group which use the platform with or without a dietitian coaching will lose more weight than those allocated to the group who receives dietary and physical activity orientations by educational videos only.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 270
• Est. completion date: April 23, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 23, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body mass index >=25 kg/m2

• intention to lose weight by healthy lifestyle habits

• internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy

• diabetes

• heart failure

• coronary artery disease

• kidney disease

• hepatic disease

• cancer

• phenylketonuria

• celiac disease

• food allergies

• bariatric surgery history

• participation in any other weight loss program

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Overweight
• Weight Loss

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online platform group
The online platform has social network, gamification and short-text sessions.
• Online dietitian coaching
Dietitian coaching refers to individual online sessions between a dietitian and participants to strengthen dietary recommendations
• Control group
Minimal intervention with four videos with diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Federal University of Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Federal University of Minas Gerais	Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (3)

Collins CE, Morgan PJ, Jones P, Fletcher K, Martin J, Aguiar EJ, Lucas A, Neve MJ, Callister R. A 12-week commercial web-based weight-loss program for overweight and obese adults: randomized controlled trial comparing basic versus enhanced features. J Med Internet Res. 2012 Apr 25;14(2):e57. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1980. — View Citation

Hutchesson MJ, Rollo ME, Krukowski R, Ells L, Harvey J, Morgan PJ, Callister R, Plotnikoff R, Collins CE. eHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Obes Rev. 2015 May;16(5):376-92. doi: 10.1111/obr.12268. Epub 2015 Mar 5. Review. — View Citation

Wadden TA, Butryn ML, Hong PS, Tsai AG. Behavioral treatment of obesity in patients encountered in primary care settings: a systematic review. JAMA. 2014 Nov 5;312(17):1779-91. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.14173. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Quality of life change	Quality of life as measured by SF-36 change between control and intervention groups	24 weeks
Primary	mean weight difference	self-reported mean weight difference of 4kg between experimental and control groups	24 weeks
Secondary	Mean body mass index difference	Body mass index difference between experimental and control groups	24 weeks
Secondary	Daily fruit and vegetables consumption difference	Number of daily portions of fruit and vegetables intake difference between experimental and control groups	24 weeks
Secondary	Sugar-added liquids consumption difference	Mean difference in weekly consumption of sugar-added liquids in mL between experimental and control groups	24 weeks
Secondary	Physical activity classification change	Change physical activity level as measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ	24 weeks

External Links

•   Study website