Internet Weight Control for Bingeing Adolescents

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Internet Weight Control for Bingeing Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00125112
• Other study ID #: DK65757 (completed)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: July 28, 2005
• Last updated: January 15, 2010
• Start date: February 2005
• Est. completion date: December 2007

Study information

• Verified date: January 2010
• Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if an internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation skills will result in reductions in binge eating and weight loss, or weight maintenance, in overweight adolescents who binge eat.

Description:

The purpose of this study is to determine if an internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation skills will result in reductions in binge eating and weight loss, or weight maintenance, in overweight adolescents who binge eat.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 14 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female and male high school students in Hayward Unified School District or Meridian School District

• 85th or greater percentile for age-adjusted weight

• Objective binge eating one or more times weekly for a duration of = 3 months

• Access to a computer with internet access

• English literacy at a sixth grade reading level

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current (or history of) diagnosis of anorexia or bulimia nervosa

• Active suicidal ideation

• Current enrollment in a formal weight loss or binge eating program (e.g., Weight Watchers)

• Any medical condition in which the actual condition or treatment affects weight and/or appetite (i.e., cancer, diabetes)

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Eating Disorders
• Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Stanford	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of binge eating; weight