mHealth Messages to Sustain Recent Weight Loss - Phase 2

Weight Loss Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mobile Health Messages to Sustain Recent Weight Loss - Phase 2

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02279017
• Other study ID #: Pro00057562
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 28, 2014
• Last updated: January 25, 2017
• Start date: October 2014
• Est. completion date: January 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2016
• Source: Duke University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To assess the feasibility to translate an automated weight loss message intervention to a weight loss clinic population.

Aim 1: To assess feasibility of translating the intervention in a clinic for patients who recently completed a structured weight loss program.

Aim 2: To assess the ability to capture a trajectory of self-reported weight over 6 months through an automated intervention.

Description:

The investigators will recruit 100 participants who are clients at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. At baseline the investigators will collect demographic information such as, their age, weight, education. When participants complete their respective program at the DFC they will receive a daily weight loss sustaining text message at 8:00 A.M. for 60 days. Participants will also receive weekly messages for 6 months asking them to self-report their weight. Thereafter, they will receive an automated message monthly for 18 months asking them to self-report their weight.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 2017
• Est. primary completion date: January 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• A client of Duke diet and Fitness Center (DFC)

• Are able to speak and read English

• Should complete a diet and fitness program at the DFC.

• Client should own a mobile smart phone to personally receive text messages.

• Client should have access to a web-based survey to self-report their weight.

Exclusion Criteria:

• No exclusions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Weight Loss

Intervention

Behavioral:
• mHealth Texting for Weight Loss

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Duke University Medical Center, Diet and Fitness Center	Durham	North Carolina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Duke University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Subject's weight loss	The study is being done to asses the ability to translate an automated weight loss message intervention to a weight loss clinic population.	2 years
Primary	Percentage of subjects who self-report weight to the clinic		2 years