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Obesity Treatment in a Managed Care Setting

NCT00062985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1801

Last updated 2017-10-24

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Summary

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two different delivery formats for weight management in a managed care setting. Mail-based weight counseling and phone-based weight counseling will be compared to each other and a control condition. Primary outcomes are participation rates in programs, weight change, and cost.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mail-based weight loss intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Phone-based weight loss intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Minnesota

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert W. Jeffery, PhD · University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-03-31
Primary Completion
2003-10-31
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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