Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT05338944
Dialectal Behaviour Therapy to Enhance Health Behaviour Change for Adolescents Living With Obesity (DIRECTION Trial)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 14 Years – 17 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This research is being conducted to evaluate emotion-focused therapy that incorporates elements of mindfulness, distress tolerance, and relationship support. The investigators want to learn if this therapy, called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) will help improve quality of life and weight management in youth at risk for type 2 diabetes. Individuals will be randomly assigned to weekly group based session in one of 3 intervention arms; lifestyle + DBT, lifestyle alone, or a control arm.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Dialectical behavioral therapy | Working with psychologists through DBT skills training. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Lifestyle | Working with kinesiologist and registered dietician to improve lifestyle habits. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-01-14
- Primary completion
- 2026-12-01
- Completion
- 2027-01-31
- First posted
- 2022-04-21
- Last updated
- 2025-10-07
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05338944. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.