SHARE Study 4: Financial Incentives for Weight Loss

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Using a State-wide Initiative to Disseminate Effective Behavioral Weight Loss Strategies: Study 4

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02008474
• Other study ID #: 211699-14
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: December 6, 2013
• Last updated: August 29, 2016
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: June 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: The Miriam Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine different types of monetary incentive paradigms for weight loss.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: June 2016
• Est. primary completion date: June 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI >=25kg/m2

• English speaking

• Age 18-70

Exclusion Criteria:

• Health problems that make weight loss or unsupervised exercise unsafe

• Current pregnancy or plan to become pregnant int he next 12 months

• Planned relocation

• Current participation in weight loss research study

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Weight Loss

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Online weight loss + incentives for behavior 3 months
Participants will receive monetary incentives for submitting their behavior change information into a study website
• Online weight loss + incentives for weight loss at month 3
Participants will receive an incentive for meeting their weight loss goal at month 3.
• Online weight loss + Incentives for behavior 12 months
Participants will receive incentives for submitting behavior change information over the course of 12 months.
• Online weight loss + Incentives for weight loss 12 months
Participants will be receive monetary incentives for reaching their weight loss goal at months 3 and 12.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Miriam Hospital	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	weight change from initial assessment to the 3-month follow-up assessment measured on a digital scale to the nearest 0.1-kilogram		0 to 3 months	No
Secondary	weight change from the initial assessment to the 12 month assessment measured on a digital scale to the nearest 0.1-kilogram		0 to 12 months	No
Secondary	Weight change from the 3 month assessment to the 12 month assessment measured on a digital scale to the nearest 0.1-kilogram		3 to 12 months	No