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Obesity and Financial Incentives (Obesity)

Primary Purpose

Obesity

Status
Unknown status
Phase
Early Phase 1
Locations
Germany
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
economic incentive
economic incentive
Sponsored by
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • BMI above 30
  • age between 18 anf 75
  • registered residence in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg

Exclusion Criteria:

  • considerable language barriers
  • pregnancy
  • psychological disorders
  • eating disorders
  • tumor disease within last five years
  • abuse of alcohol
  • abuse of drugs
  • serious general diseases

Sites / Locations

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Arm Type

No Intervention

Experimental

Experimental

Arm Label

control group

low reward

high reward

Arm Description

economic incentive

economic incentive

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

bodyweight

Secondary Outcome Measures

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First Posted
June 21, 2012
Last Updated
June 25, 2012
Sponsor
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01629576
Brief Title
Obesity and Financial Incentives
Acronym
Obesity
Official Title
Finanzielle Anreize Zur Reduktion Von Übergewicht
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
June 2012
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
March 2010 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
October 2014 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
October 2014 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research

4. Oversight

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Investigate whether economic incentives help obese individuals to lose weight.

6. Conditions and Keywords

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

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Early Phase 1
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
700 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
control group
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Title
low reward
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
economic incentive
Arm Title
high reward
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
economic incentive
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
economic incentive
Intervention Description
economic incentive for weight loss
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
economic incentive
Intervention Description
economic incentive for weight loss
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
bodyweight
Time Frame
22 months

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
75 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: BMI above 30 age between 18 anf 75 registered residence in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg Exclusion Criteria: considerable language barriers pregnancy psychological disorders eating disorders tumor disease within last five years abuse of alcohol abuse of drugs serious general diseases
Facility Information:
City
Bad Kissingen
State/Province
Baden-Würrttemberg
Country
Germany

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