NCT04044794Completed
Daily Self-Weighing for Obesity Management in Primary Care
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Many adults with obesity continue to gain weight even though they do not want to. This project will test the effects of a primary care intervention in which people with obesity receive an electronic scale and recommendations to weigh themselves daily. This will help us understand whether daily self-weighing might be a way to prevent continued weight gain.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 396 (actual)
- First submitted
- 2 Aug 2019
- Start date
- 4 Nov 2020
- Primary completion date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04044794
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 396
- From 4 Nov 2020 to the primary completion date, 13 Oct 2025
- 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
- Bariatric surgery or revision in the past two years
- Prescription weight loss medications within the past 6 months
Other
- Pregnancy or anticipating pregnancy during study duration. This is a weight loss study and weight gain/loss due to pregnancy and/or delivery would confound study results. Additionally, weight loss is not recommended for pregnant women.
- Unwilling or unable to do any of the following: give informed consent, accept random assignment, attend five measurement assessments
- Likely to relocate and no longer be seen at UAB primary care in the next 2 years
- Weight loss ≥5% of body weight in past 6 months (other than postpartum)
- Weight \>180 kg (396lbs) due to the limitation of the scale being used.
- Current participation in another weight loss study
- Another household member already participating in the study
- Potential participants living farther than 50 miles driving distance from UAB will be excluded from the study. It is expected that those living farther away will be more difficult to retain as study participants.
Who the study is looking for
- Age 19-65 years
- Body mass index (BMI) 30 - 50 kg/m2
- Receives care at one of the participating primary care clinics
- Resides in one location at least 5 days each week
- Possesses a smartphone with data plan
- Wi-Fi or Bluetooth internet connection in home
Age in the registry: 19 years to 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
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