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Improving the Management of Obesity in Primary Care Practice (The Power-UP Trial)

NCT00826774 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 390

Last updated 2012-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare three methods of achieving weight loss in primary care medical practice. The study will be conducted in six primary care practices. Weight management will be provided to a total of 390 obese patients (who have 2 or more components of the metabolic syndrome) by their own primary care providers, in conjunction with the practices' auxiliary health professionals, including medical assistants.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Participants in this group will receive usual medical care, provided by their own primary care providers (PCPs). PCPs also will provide participants recommendations for weight management at quarterly-scheduled visits.

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Lifestyle Counseling

These participants, like those in the Usual Care group, will receive the same PCP visits, plus monthly brief counseling sessions with an auxiliary health care provider (e.g., a medical assistant), on-site or by phone.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Brief Lifestyle Counseling

These participants will receive the same intervention as those in the Brief Lifestyle Counseling condition, including quarterly PCP visits and monthly sessions with a medical assistant who will instruct them in lifestyle modification. These individuals also will select, in consultation with their PCP, the use of either meal replacements or weight loss medication, to facilitate the induction and maintenance of weight loss

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas A Wadden, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-06-30

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