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Lay Health Coaches for Weight Loss: Peers Versus Mentors

NCT01642199 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 278

Last updated 2019-10-03

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Summary

The primary aim of this study is to determine whether reduced intensity behavioral weight loss treatment (rBWL) + Peer Health Coaches yields significantly greater weight loss than rBWL + Mentor Health Coaches and rBWL alone.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Reduced Intensity Behavioral Weight Loss + Peer Health Coach

Participants will receive a 12-month reduced intensity group behavioral weight loss program. During weeks that there are no group meetings, participants will be coached by peers (i.e., other members of their weight loss group).

BEHAVIORAL

Reduced Intensity Behavioral Weight Loss + Mentor Health Coach

Participants will receive a 12-month reduced intensity group behavioral weight loss program. During weeks that there are no group meetings, participants will be coached by a mentor (i.e., successful weight loser).

BEHAVIORAL

Reduced Intensity Behavioral Weight Loss

Participants will receive 12 months of a reduced intensity group behavioral weight loss program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Connecticut

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tricia M Leahey, PhD · The Miriam Hospital / Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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