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Smartphone Application for Weight Loss

NCT02417623 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2015-04-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

AIM: To assess the efficacy of an intervention that includes the assistance of a weight loss smartphone application targeted to young people aged 18 to 40 years.

DESIGN: Randomisedclinical trial.

SETTING: Primary Health Care centres (PHCCs) in Catalonia.

PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged 18 to 40 years with criteria of obesity or overweight, consulting PHCCs for any reason and who provide written informed consent to participate in the trial.

INTERVENTION GROUP will receive a 12-month weight loss programme that implements recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline, complemented with a smartphone app designed specifically for this programme.

CONTROL GROUP will receive the usual care. The outcome measure will be weight loss at 12 months.

EXPECTED RESULTS: The investigators expect a higher weight loss in the intervention group than in control group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Smartphone Application group

Intervention group will receive a 12-month weight loss programmed that implements recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline, complemented with a smartphone app

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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