NCT04974554Active, not recruiting
FIT Families Multicomponent Obesity Intervention for African American Adolescents
Clinical Trial of the Fit Families Multicomponent Obesity Intervention for African American Adolescents and Their Caregivers: Next Step From the ORBIT Initiative
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Obesity is one of the most prevalent medical problems facing children and adolescents today, particularly among African American adolescents where the rate is alarmingly high. This study will test the effectiveness of FIT Families, a multicomponent family-based behavioral intervention that is culturally tailored to meet the unique needs of African American adolescents with obesity and their caregivers, against a credible attention control condition. This study has considerable public health relevance because it is delivered by Community Health Workers, maximizing the potential for the intervention to be sustained, and may reduce obesity-related health problems for a vulnerable population of adolescents.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 360 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 22 Jun 2021
- Start date
- 1 May 2021
- Primary completion date
- 30 Nov 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04974554
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 360
- From 1 May 2021 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2026
- 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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Other illness
- obesity secondary to medication use for another medical condition (e.g., steroids, antipsychotics);
- secondary to a chronic condition (e.g., Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Cushing's syndrome).
- thought disorder (e.g., schizophrenia or other psychosis), suicidal, or homicidal
- serious cognitive impairment (e.g., inability to complete questionnaires)
Other
- pregnancy,
Who the study is looking for
- adolescents (ages 12-17) self-identifying as AA,
- BMI≥95th percentile for age and gender
- primary caregiver who is either overweight (BMI 25.0 to 29.9) or obese (BMI≥30) and willing to participate in treatment
- adolescent residing primarily with the primary caregiver within 30 miles of the MUSC, and 5) adolescent and caregiver obtain PA clearance from a health care provider (see Protection of Human Subjects).
Age in the registry: 12 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of Global and Community Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Unknown status |
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