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Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties Program

NCT06335810 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 264

Last updated 2026-04-01

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Summary

This trial aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of addressing interpersonal barriers to weight-related behavior change. Specifically, the study will test if, by including up to two friends, family members, or co-workers in a lifestyle intervention for weight loss, the person enrolled in the study loses more weight than someone whose friends, family members, or co-workers were not invited to participate.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Network Intervention

Social Network interventions are an intentional effort to modify or use the characteristics of social networks to improve, generate, and maintain healthy behaviors among individuals and populations. This study will focus on implementing a behavioral social-network intervention to promote changes in weight loss behaviors.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual Lifestyle Intervention

The individual lifestyle intervention will serve as the control group and will implement the use of DPP based health coaching sessions to promote individual level changes in weight loss behaviors.

OTHER

Social Network Member

The social network member will serve as the friend, family member, or co-worker nominated to participate in the social network intervention by the social network intervention participant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erica G Phillips, MD, MS · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-05
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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