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Engaging Men From Blue-collar Industries in Weight Loss

NCT05386238 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2025-03-18

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Summary

Objectives\*: Primary Objective: Aim 1: Examine the acceptability of tailored behavioral weight loss program and a standard program in men working in blue-collar occupations.

Aim 2: Compare recruitment approaches that vary on trust-based messaging to recruit men with overweight/obesity who work in blue-collar occupations.

Secondary Objectives: Determine the feasibility of retaining participants to a randomized trial over six months.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard behavioral weight loss program

16 internet-delivered, group sessions over 6 months supported by digital handouts. The intervention will focus on changes to eating, physical activity, and self-monitoring.

BEHAVIORAL

Tailored behavioral weight loss program

16 internet-delivered, group sessions over 6 months supported by digital handouts or videos tailored to men working in blue-collar occupations. The intervention will focus on changes to eating, physical activity, and self-monitoring.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rush University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Melissa M Crane, PhD · Rush University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-28
Primary Completion
2023-11-15
Completion
2023-11-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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