NCT00749606

Study to Promote Weight Loss in Primary Care Practices

Weight Loss in Primary Care: a Translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 257 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if primary care based, telephone-delivered weight loss interventions are effective.

Detailed description

Obesity is related to the rising incidence of type 2 diabetes. Cost-effective interventions leading to sustained weight loss are needed to improve the public health and reverse the alarming rise in diabetes, its cardiovascular complications and other obesity-related illnesses. The Diabetes Prevention Program is identified as a model for a successful weight loss intervention. The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial of 2 active telephone-based interventions based on the Diabetes Prevention Model that will be delivered at primary care sites.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Individual telephone intervention	Individually administered telephone-based weight loss intervention based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (weekly nurse calls for the first 5 weeks, then monthly, to cover the 16 topics from the Diabetes Prevention Program). In year 1 (after the first 5 weeks), the "coach" will have 3 weekly calls per month with participants. Contact will decrease to monthly in year 2. In year 3 there will be no contact arranged by study staff.
BEHAVIORAL	Group telephone intervention	Group education conference calls administered weight loss intervention based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (weekly nurse calls for the first 5 weeks, then monthly, to cover the 16 topics from the Diabetes Prevention Program). In year 1 (after the first 5 weeks), the "coach" will have 3 weekly calls per month with participants. Contact will decrease to monthly in year 2. In year 3 there will be no contact arranged by study staff.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-10-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2008-09-09
• Last updated: 2018-02-12
• Results posted: 2017-12-05