NCT05203718

The Retrain Your Brain for Healthy Eating Study

A Mixed Methods, Single-group, Single-center Feasibility Study of a Food Response Training to Reduce Unhealthy Dietary Intake and Promote Weight Loss in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patients With Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this mixed methods, single-group, single-center study will be to examine the feasibility of a food response training (FRT). This study will be conducted in patients with obesity recruited from NYU Langone Health. Measurements will occur at screening, baseline, and 3 months, for a subgroup of participants for we will collect saliva samples for genetic analysis at baseline assessment (ancillary study).

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Food Response Training (FRT)	All patients will complete the 12-week FRT intervention consisting of one in-person session (during the baseline visit) and three weekly sessions at home, one delivered via video conference (WebEx) and two self-guided. Food Response Training (FRT) is a computer-based attention bias modification intervention. The intervention will be delivered on a computer or smart device (e.g. iPhone). Patients will use the FoodTrainer application available for Android and iPhone (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/foodt/about/).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-09
• Primary completion: 2025-04-09
• Completion: 2025-04-09
• First posted: 2022-01-24
• Last updated: 2025-05-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States