NCT01155050

Weight Loss in Chronic Disease Patient Population

Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division (LSUHCSD) Tele-Health Projects: Weight Loss in Chronic Disease Patient Population

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 202 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will assess the effect of in-home tele-health monitoring on health outcomes for LSUHCSD chronic disease, overweight or obese patients diagnosed with type II diabetes or hypertension.

Detailed description

This study will assess the effect of in-home tele-health monitoring on health outcomes for LSUHCSD chronic disease, overweight or obese patients diagnosed with type II diabetes or hypertension. Primary emphasis will be on assessing the effect of tele-health home monitoring combined with motivational telephone coaching on weight loss and waist circumference as compared to self-directed, home monitoring alone, and telephone coaching alone. Secondary outcomes such as blood pressure, Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), fasting blood sugar, and cholesterol will be examined as well.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Tele-health Home Monitoring	Daily tele-health monitoring data will be collected from randomized participants.
BEHAVIORAL	TrestleTree Telephone Coaching	Weekly or bi-weekly phone calls from TrestleTree health coaches with a focus on weight loss.
DEVICE	Tele-health Home Monitoring Plus Trestle Telephone Coaching	Daily collection of data through the tele-health home monitor and weekly or bi-weekly phone calls with a Trestletree Health Coach.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2010-07-01
• Last updated: 2024-01-25
• Results posted: 2020-12-29

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States