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Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
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Information provided by: | Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00883350 |
A large proportion of the adult population in the United States qualifies for weight loss treatment based on the NIH treatment recommendations, but traditional clinic-based weight loss treatments have a number of limitations. For example, access to healthcare facilities is limited among people living in rural communities and people of low socioeconomic status, yet a disproportionate number of these people would benefit from services. Internet-based weight loss interventions have been used to deliver services to these populations, but these "e-Health" interventions suffer from a number of limitations and produce only modest weight loss. The limitations associated with internet-based interventions include decreased use of the internet application over time; patients must logon to the internet to receive treatment recommendations, yet few patients regularly logon to the application and this negatively affects treatment outcome. An additional limitation is the quality of self-reported food intake, exercise, and body weight data that participants enter into the internet application or report to their online counselor.
Self-reported data are associated with error and accurate data are needed to formulate effective treatment recommendations for participants. Lastly, most applications rely on asynchronous communications between the patient and the counselor, and patients do not always receive personalized treatment recommendations in a reasonable amount of time (1 to 3 days), which limits the extent to which the recommendations result in behavior change and weight loss.
The purpose of the proposed pilot and feasibility project is to test the efficacy of the Remote Intervention for Diet and Exercise (RIDE) e-Health application at promoting weight loss compared to a control condition. The RIDE e-Health application addresses the limitations of internet-based interventions that are noted above. The application relies on novel technology to collect near real-time food intake, body weight, and exercise data from participants while they reside in their free-living environments. These data are transmitted to the researchers in near real-time: food intake data are collected and transmitted with camera and Bluetoothenabled cell phones using the Remote Food Photography method that was developed by this laboratory, body weight data is automatically transmitted daily from a bathroom scale using the same phones, and accelerometry is used to collect exercise data that is transmitted via the internet. These data are analyzed and personalized treatment recommendations are sent to the participant in a timely manner, e.g., every 1 to 3 days, using the cell phones. The RIDE e-Health application was developed based on learning and behavioral theory to maximize behavior change and weight loss. The findings of this study will have significant implications for the affordable delivery of effective weight management interventions to patients with limited access to health care.
Condition | Intervention |
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Overweight Obesity |
Behavioral: RIDE e-health application |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Design and Evaluation of the Remote Intervention for Diet and Exercise (RIDE) |
Estimated Enrollment: | 40 |
Study Start Date: | May 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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RIDE: Experimental
Participants randomized to utilize the RIDE e-health application for the duration of the 12 week intervention.
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Behavioral: RIDE e-health application
The RIDE e-Health application utilizes the latest technology to obtain near real-time food intake, body weight, and exercise data from participants living in their natural environment. The application also provides personalized and timely feedback and treatment recommendations based on participants' data. The application relies on the Remote Food Photography Method (Martin, 2009), which was developed by our research team, to collect freeliving food intake data that is transmitted to the researchers in near realtime using a camera and Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. A scale is used to collect daily body weight data from participants and these data are automatically transmitted to the researchers via the same cell phone. The e-Health application collects exercise data from participants and these data are delivered to the researchers via the internet; personalized feedback and treatment recommendations are sent to the participant every 1 to 3 days via the cell phone.
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Control: No Intervention
Participants assigned to the Health-Ed (control) group will receive health information via the cell phone throughout the 84-day study. We have generated numerous health information tips for other studies on a variety of topics, including stress management, the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables, etc. [6-9]. These lessons will be modified for delivery via cell phone. We have found that participants assigned to these health information control groups report being satisfied with the information and their assignment. Importantly, our data also indicate that such health information results in very little behavior change or weight loss, e.g., [6].
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Corby K Martin, PhD | 225-763-2585 | martinck@pbrc.edu |
Contact: Timothy Church, MD | 225-763-2632 | timothy.church@pbrc.edu |
United States, Louisiana | |
Pennington Biomedical Research Center | |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808 |
Principal Investigator: | Corby K Martin, PhD | Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
Responsible Party: | Pennington Biomedical Research Center ( Corby K Martin, PhD ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 28023, 1R03DK083533 |
Study First Received: | April 15, 2009 |
Last Updated: | April 21, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00883350 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Body weight changes Overweight Obesity |
Body Weight Signs and Symptoms Obesity Body Weight Changes |
Nutrition Disorders Overnutrition Overweight |
Body Weight Signs and Symptoms Obesity |
Nutrition Disorders Overnutrition Overweight |