NCT04412954Completed
Improving Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Black Young Adults
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Apr 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objectives of the study are to conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the Smartphone intervention on % weight loss and maintaining % weight loss at 6 and 12 months in a sample (N=256) of Black community college students who are overweight or obese, ages 18-25 years. Investigators will also examine mediating variables of the intervention on weight at 6 and 12 months, including adherence to self-monitoring, discrimination, and dietary and physical activity self-efficacy. In addition, investigators will explore potential moderators of weight loss at 6 months and 12 months, including depressive symptoms, ideal body image, and motivation.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 256 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 May 2020
- Start date
- 5 Dec 2020
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Ohio State University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04412954
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 256
- From 5 Dec 2020 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 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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Criteria the registry did not label
- Inclusion
- age 17-25 years
- Current CSCC student
- Identify as Black
- BMI ≥ 25
- Speaks and reads English
- Interested in losing weight through diet and physical activity changes
- Owns a smartphone or iPhone Operating System (iOS) or Android compatible device
- Ability to return for 12-month visit
- Exclusion
- currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in next 12 months
- Currently participating in another structured weight loss program or taking weight loss medications or medication known to increase weight
- Lost 10% or more of body weight in past 6 months
- Screens positive for disordered eating symptoms
- diagnosed with type I diabetes
Age in the registry: 17 years to 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
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