NCT03851796Completed
Parent Involvement in Adolescent Obesity Treatment
The Role of Parents in Adolescent Obesity Treatment: Randomized Control Trial of TEENS+
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A randomized control trial to compare the efficacy of two distinct parent treatments on weight loss maintenance for adolescents with obesity participating in a lifestyle intervention including nutrition education, exercise and behavioral support. Funding support from NIH via 1R01HD095910
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 418 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Dec 2018
- Start date
- 23 May 2019
- Primary completion date
- 26 Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT03851796
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 418
- From 23 May 2019 to the primary completion date, 26 Oct 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Use of oral glucocorticoids, atypical antipsychotics, weight loss medications, or an investigational medication within 3 months of study participation
- Previous participation in HM20010365, HM20003076, HM20005235 or HM20014304
- Change in dose of metformin, tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin uptake inhibitors, or stimulant medications within 3 months of study participation
- Use of oral glucocorticoids, atypical antipsychotics, weight loss medications, or an investigational medication within 3 months of study participation
- Previous participation in HM20010365, HM20003076, HM20005235 or HM20014304
Other illness
- Medical condition(s) that may be associated with unintentional weight change
- Diabetes mellitus
- Medical condition(s) that may be negatively impacted by exercise
- Psychiatric, cognitive, physical or developmental conditions that would impair the ability to complete assessments, participate in a group, or conduct physical activity
- Personal history of weight loss surgery
- Clinically significant eating disorder
- Admission to a psychiatric hospital within the past year
- Parent Exclusion Criteria:
- Medical condition(s) that may be associated with unintentional weight change
- Psychiatric, cognitive, physical or developmental conditions that would impair the ability to complete assessments, participate in a group, or conduct physical activity
- Personal history of weight loss surgery
- Clinically significant eating disorder
- Change in dose of diabetes medications, tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin uptake inhibitors, or stimulant medications within 3 months of study participation
- Admission to a psychiatric hospital within the past year
Other
- Adolescent Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-English speaking
- Use of a GLP-1 within 6 months of study participation
- Use of Depo-Provera within 6 months of study participation
- Reports of compensatory behaviors in the past 3 months
- Current pregnancy or plan to become pregnant during study period
- Current participation in another weight loss program
- Severe depression
- Non-English speaking
- Use of a GLP-1 within 6 months of study participation with no T2D diagnosis; if T2D diagnosis, change in dose GLP-1 within 3 months of study participation
- Use of Depo-Provera within 6 months of study participation
- Reports of compensatory behaviors in the past 3 months
- Current pregnancy, lactation, less than 6 months post-partum, or plan to become pregnant during study period
- Current participation in another weight loss program
- Severe depression
Who the study is looking for
- Adolescent Inclusion Criteria:
- BMI ≥ 85th percentile for age and gender according to the CDC Growth Charts
- Age 12 to 16
- Must reside with the primary participating parent
- Parent Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥18
- BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2
- Must reside with the adolescent
Age in the registry: 12 years to 16 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Healthy Lifestyles Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Henrico | United States | Unknown status |
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