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A Virtual Reality Intervention to Improve Weight Maintenance

NCT01841372 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 202

Last updated 2020-03-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if use of a virtual reality platform, Second Life, is more effective than traditional face-to-face methods for maintaining weight loss in overweight and obese individuals.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Second Life

Second Life is an online virtual reality environment.

BEHAVIORAL

Group Phone Conference Call

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph Donnelly, Ed.D. · University of Kansas Medical Center

  • Debra Sullivan, PhD, RD · University of Kansas Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-03-01
Completion
2020-03-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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