NCT04797169

Noom Health for Weight Management

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (actual)
• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goals of the study are to use the Noom mobile app to help individuals with weight loss and weight loss maintenance. This project will test the comparative efficacy of Noom Health vs. Noom Digital Health for weight loss, quality of life, psychosocial functioning, and self-reported health status. It is expected that use of Noom Health will show post-intervention success relative to Noom Digital Health as well as long-term success with weight loss maintenance. Data is expected to show that participants who are older, have less support, have more health conditions, and with more psychosocial problems will benefit more from Noom Health. It is also expected that confidence in the ability to lose weight will produce more successful results in Noom Health vs. Noom Digital Health.

Detailed description

A total of 600 subjects will be enrolled in a randomized-controlled trial comparing the Noom app (Noom Health) to a digital control (Noom Digital Health) with 6 months of intervention and 6 months active maintenance in both groups. Measures will include demographics, psychosocial measures, height/weight, waist circumference, weight loss history/practices, health care practices/utilization, and quality of life. Participants will complete informed consent and interviews via a HIPAA-compliant videoconference (Zoom) and other questionnaires via a REDCap interface. All participants will complete screening/baseline procedures to determine eligibility and initial information. Subsequently, they will be randomized to one of the groups for a 6-month intervention and 6- month maintenance period (12 months total). In Noom Health, participants will be encouraged to use the app multiple times per day to log eating episodes, physical activity and weight. Coaches will also interact with participants directly through the app. In Noom Digital Health, participants will use a simplified version to log eating episodes and weight. Both conditions will receive the same weight loss advice content. During the intervention, participants will complete monthly satisfaction surveys. Additionally, follow-up measures will be conducted at 7 time points (Screening/Baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, and 30 months).

Conditions

• Weight Loss
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Noom Health	In Noom Health, participants will be encouraged to use the Noom app multiple times a day to log eating episodes, physical activity and weight. They will also have the ability to interact with coaches to receive advice and feedback specific to weight loss.
BEHAVIORAL	Noom Digital Health	In Noom Digital Health, participants will use a simplified version to log eating episodes and weight. Both conditions will receive the same weight loss advice content.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-22
• Primary completion: 2024-05-04
• Completion: 2024-05-04
• First posted: 2021-03-15
• Last updated: 2025-08-11
• Results posted: 2025-08-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States