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Weight Loss and Maintenance for Rural, African American Communities of Faith (The WORD)

NCT02169947 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 425

Last updated 2018-03-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance) is a faith-based weight loss study in rural, African American adults of faith. The study will see whether a weight loss + maintenance intervention will cause participants to maintain their weight better than a weight loss only intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weight loss core

The weight loss core is a culturally adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program core 16 week session program.

BEHAVIORAL

Weight loss core plus maintenance

The intervention is a culturally adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program core 16 sessions plus 12 maintenance sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Arkansas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karen Yeary, PhD · University of Arkansas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-02-28
Completion
2018-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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