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Using Social Incentives and Gamification for Weight Loss Promotion

NCT02564445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 196

Last updated 2016-12-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a 36-week, three-arm randomized, controlled trial using a team-based model to compare two weight loss programs to control. Each intervention will use insights from behavioral economics to leverage social incentives and gamification.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Gamification

All participants will be entered with their teammate into a game that includes points and levels

BEHAVIORAL

Share Data with PCP

Weight and step count data will be shared with the participant's primary care physician

BEHAVIORAL

Feedback on weight

Participants will use a wireless weight scale to weigh-in at home and receive feedback on weight.

BEHAVIORAL

Feedback on step counts

Participants will use a smartphone application that uses accelerometers within the phone to track step counts and receive feedback on step counts

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, MS · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-12-31

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