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Incorporating Nutrition, Vests, Education, and Strength Training in Bone Health (INVEST in Bone Health)

NCT04076618 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2025-02-06

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Summary

The main goal of the proposed study is to compare the effects of weight loss (WL) alone with WL plus weighted vest use or WL plus resistance exercise training (RT) on indicators of bone health and subsequent fracture risk.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Vest

Weighted Vest worn \> or = 8 hours per day

BEHAVIORAL

Resistance Exercise Training

Structured exercise training 3 days a week

BEHAVIORAL

weight loss program

a 24-week intensive phase (with weekly dietary classes) followed by a 27-week transition phase (with biweekly dietary classes)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kristen Beavers, PhD, MPH, RD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-12
Primary Completion
2024-04-01
Completion
2024-04-01
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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