Impact of Exergaming on Adolescent Youth

Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

RCMI Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative: Exergaming

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01374386
• Other study ID #: 09-10-2240-02
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 14, 2011
• Last updated: November 8, 2017
• Start date: October 2010
• Est. completion date: October 2012

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to gather information on how much exercising with video games (ExerGaming) can increase the physical activity among overweight and youth. This study will try to see if participating in physical activity and exercising with video games at the same time can make overweight children move around more to better their own health. The hypothesis is that those in Exergaming arm will physiological changes and increase physical activity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: October 2012
• Est. primary completion date: October 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• male and female

• aged 12-14 years

• baseline BMI > 25

• gender- and age-specific 85th percentile cutoff points from the CDC growth chart

• parental consent and subject assent

Exclusion Criteria:

• subjects not meeting the inclusion criteria or with physician-determined musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, metabolic, psychological, neuro-developmental or behavioral conditions that make mild-to-moderate physical activity potentially hazardous.

• Participants under the age of 12 are excluded from the study because Weingart YMCA has an age policy. Children under the age of 12 are not allowed to be at the facility alone. Therefore, the minimum age for the study is 12 years old so supervision is not a problem.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Childhood Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Exergaming
Participants will have access to Exergaming equipment (video games that require physical activity)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in mean daily physical activity	Change in mean daily physical activity from baseline (7-day activity log expressed as Kcal/day from relative MET intensity	2 years
Secondary	Change in caloric expenditure, body composition, and BMI	(a) Total daily caloric expenditure, (b) change in body composition (total body estimates of fat mass, fat-free mass, and lean body mass), and (c) change in BMI z score from baseline.	2 years