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Families, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Executive Function

Key facts

Who runs it
University of California, San Diego
Where
San Diego, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Status
Withdrawn
Started
26 Jul 2022
Ended
1 May 2025
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • PBT-EF
Record updated
4 March 2026
Why it stopped
Funding withdrawn before any participants enrolled in treatment.

Who can take part

Age
8 years to 12 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Child with overweight or obesity (85-99.9% BMI for age),
  • Child age 8-12,
  • Child with a diagnosis of ADHD,
  • A parent willing to participate who can read and understand English at a minimum of a fifth-grade level, able to attend treatment sessions remotely via Zoom on video

Who cannot take part

  • Medication specifically prescribed for weight loss (child)
  • Change in psychotropic medication or other medication that may impact weight or ADHD symptoms during the previous 3 months (child)
  • Medical or psychiatric condition that may interfere with treatment participation or that may require physician monitoring of diet and/or exercise (e.g., acute suicidality; psychosis; substance use disorder) (parent and child)
  • Current enrollment in an organized weight control program (parent and child)

Where in United States

  • UCSD Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR)San Diego, United States

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The pilot study will be a one group open-label treatment program and will be used to refine a parent-based behavioral treatment enhanced with executive-function training (PBT-EF) for children with comorbid overweight or obesity and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The group in the trial

  • Executive Function-Enhanced Parent-Based Behavioral Treatment (PBT-EF)Treatment being tested

    PBT-EF will integrate executive function training with family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) for obesity, the gold-standard behavioral treatment for childhood obesity. PBT-EF will include self-monitoring, calorie reduction, and dietary and physical activity recommendations in addition to planning, organization, and problem-solving skills.

    Treatment: PBT-EF

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Executive Function Enhanced Parent-Based Treatment for Children With ADHD and Overweight or Obesity
Record updated
4 March 2026