Building an Evidence Base for Weight Loss Strategies Among Those With Chronic SCI-The GLB-SCI+

Summary

This study's overarching aim is to follow a systematic approach that incorporates community-based participatory research (CBPR) to develop a multi-component weight loss intervention that may yield significant effects for a chronic SCI sample. The approach is to obtain data on the 3 unique strategies (prepackaged/portion-controlled meals; enhanced self-monitoring; the GLB-SCI) to inform design of an empirically supported and consumer-validated multicomponent intervention program, that combines the best of the 3 approaches into one unique intervention, the GLB SCI+. Based on the investigators' prior experience with adapting and delivering the GLB AIM (a lifestyle intervention previously adapted for those with impaired mobility), interim findings, existing literature, and consumer feedback, they hypothesize that these 3 unique strategies may confer individualized benefits to people with SCI given their complex disability-related barriers to weight loss.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Obesity
• Weight Loss
• Diet Modification

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Portion-Controlled Meals

Participants will receive portion-controlled meals with the aim of encouraging weight loss and healthier eating.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Self-Monitoring

Participants will be encouraged to track their physical activity, food intake, and weight using technology that will be provided as part of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

GLB-SCI

Participants will take part in a lifestyle intervention program (tailored for spinal cord injury needs) that encourages steady weight loss through increased physical activity and healthier diet patterns.

BEHAVIORAL

GLB-SCI+

Participants will receive a combination of the prior interventions studied, with the goal of showing that a multi-component intervention will be the most effective in encouraging weight loss among participants with a spinal cord injury.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baylor Research Institute

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-06-01

Primary Completion

2021-10-19

Completion

2022-06-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations