A Weight-Loss Program in Helping Obese Black Women Lose Weight

Summary

RATIONALE: A diet and physical activity program followed by a weight-loss maintenance program may help obese black women lose weight. It is not yet known whether a weight-loss program is more effective than a general health education program in helping obese black women lose weight. Weight loss may reduce a person's risk of developing cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying a weight-loss program to see how well it works in helping obese black women lose weight.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Obesity
• Weight Changes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

behavioral dietary intervention

BEHAVIORAL

exercise intervention

BEHAVIORAL

telephone-based intervention

OTHER

counseling intervention

OTHER

educational intervention

OTHER

immunoenzyme technique

OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

OTHER

questionnaire administration

OTHER

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

PROCEDURE

evaluation of cancer risk factors

PROCEDURE

support group therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Illinois at Chicago

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD · University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Eligibility

Min Age

30 Years

Max Age

50 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2004-07-31

Primary Completion

2009-04-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations