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Peer-Based Skills Training to Enhance Teen Weight Loss

Primary Purpose

Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity

Status
Completed
Phase
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Study Type
Observational
Intervention
Sponsored by
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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About this trial

This is an observational trial for Cardiovascular Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

13 Years - 16 Years (Child)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

No eligibility criteria

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    First Posted
    September 28, 2001
    Last Updated
    March 15, 2016
    Sponsor
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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    1. Study Identification

    Unique Protocol Identification Number
    NCT00024830
    Brief Title
    Peer-Based Skills Training to Enhance Teen Weight Loss
    Study Type
    Observational

    2. Study Status

    Record Verification Date
    October 2005
    Overall Recruitment Status
    Completed
    Study Start Date
    September 1999 (undefined)
    Primary Completion Date
    undefined (undefined)
    Study Completion Date
    August 2002 (Actual)

    3. Sponsor/Collaborators

    Name of the Sponsor
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    4. Oversight

    5. Study Description

    Brief Summary
    To evaluate the efficacy of peer-based skills training to enhance weight control and improve psychosocial functioning in overweight adolescents.
    Detailed Description
    BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity in children, adolescents, and adults has increased significantly over the last two decades. Adolescents who are obese are at great risk for remaining obese into adulthood. Given the difficulty of treating adult obesity, intervening with adolescents before they reach adulthood is critical. Decreasing obesity during adolescence provides an opportunity to prevent the continuance of pediatric onset obesity into adulthood. There are well-established weight control interventions for children between 8 and 12 years of age. However, treatment findings with overweight adolescents are not as robust and are difficult to replicate. One potential limitation of existing weight control interventions for adolescents is the minimal attention given to the peer group as an active component of treatment. The study was in response to an initiative issued by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and entitled "Innovative Approaches to the Prevention of Obesity". The resulting grant was later reassigned to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. DESIGN NARRATIVE: A total of 119 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 years and between 20 and 80% overweight were randomized to one of three treatment conditions: (1) cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT); (2) cognitive-behavioral treatment with the addition of peer-based skills training (CBT + PBST); or 3) standard care (SC). The cognitive-behavioral intervention consisted of 16 weekly sessions followed by four monthly maintenance sessions. Adolescents randomized to CBT + PBST received the cognitive-behavioral treatment as well as an intensive 32 session peer-based intervention. The peer-based intervention combined problem-solving therapy with principles from Outward Bound to address self-reliance, social competence and physical self-worth. One way analyses of variance was conducted at the end of treatment and at 6-months after the end of treatment to compare the three groups on initial reduction in percent overweight and maintenance of decreases in percent overweight at follow-up. Analysis of variance was also used to compare the three groups on measures of social functioning, self-esteem, physical activity level, and physical self-worth. The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS) record.

    6. Conditions and Keywords

    Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
    Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity

    7. Study Design

    10. Eligibility

    Sex
    All
    Minimum Age & Unit of Time
    13 Years
    Maximum Age & Unit of Time
    16 Years
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    No
    Eligibility Criteria
    No eligibility criteria
    Overall Study Officials:
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
    Elissa Jelalian
    Organizational Affiliation
    The Miriam Hospital

    12. IPD Sharing Statement

    Citations:
    PubMed Identifier
    16158087
    Citation
    Jelalian E, Mehlenbeck R, Lloyd-Richardson EE, Birmaher V, Wing RR. 'Adventure therapy' combined with cognitive-behavioral treatment for overweight adolescents. Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Jan;30(1):31-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803069.
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    PubMed Identifier
    29525290
    Citation
    Rancourt D, Barker DH, Jelalian E. Sex as a Moderator of Adolescents' Weight Loss Treatment Outcomes. J Adolesc Health. 2018 May;62(5):591-597. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.12.002. Epub 2018 Mar 7.
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