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Get Social: Randomized Trial of a Social Network Delivered Lifestyle Intervention

NCT02646618 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 329

Last updated 2023-11-24

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Summary

The present study is a non-inferiority trial comparing the efficacy of a lifestyle intervention delivered entirely via an online social network to a traditional lifestyle intervention delivered via group meetings.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Get Social

Online-delivered weight loss intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional

Group-delivered weight loss intervention

DEVICE

Smartphone

A smartphone is needed to use MyFitnessPal for all participants and to access Twitter for the Get Social participants

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    collaborator OTHER

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

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Connecticut

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sherry Pagoto · University of Connecticut

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2020-02-26
Completion
2020-02-26

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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