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A Randomized Incentive-Based Weight Loss Trial in Singapore

NCT01533454 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 161

Last updated 2016-01-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the extent to which incentives, when combined with an existing evidence-based weight loss program, improve weight loss and weight loss maintenance. It will also compare the cost-effectiveness of the incentive-based weight loss programs to the basic program without incentives.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Financial Incentives

Incentive arm participants will be able to earn incentives for meeting specified weight loss targets or step goals. They will be offered a choice between traditional (payments with certainty) and behavioral(payments paid via lottery) incentives.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Singapore General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric A. Finkelstein, PhD, MHA · Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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Diseases

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