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Treating Obesity in Underserved Overweight Populations

NCT00373230 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 320

Last updated 2008-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions with nearly two-thirds of the US population either overweight or obese. Thus, novel strategies that both improve weight loss maintenance and are accessible to those most in need are the focus of this application, which will determine if a telemedicine system can help participants, who have undergone a weight loss program based in church and community centers, maintain their weight loss over a 1 year period. Telemedicine will provide support through self-monitoring, education, supervised chat room, bulletin board, and e-mail.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

telemedicine

One year behavioral modification weight control program comparing in-person consultations (monthly) to a computer based telemedicine system (available 24/7).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Geisinger Clinic

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Pennsylvania

    collaborator OTHER

  • Insight Telehealth Systems

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guenther Boden, MD · Temple University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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