NCT05203718Completed
The Retrain Your Brain for Healthy Eating Study
A Mixed Methods, Single-group, Single-center Feasibility Study of a Food Response Training to Reduce Unhealthy Dietary Intake and Promote Weight Loss in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patients With Obesity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 May 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this mixed methods, single-group, single-center study will be to examine the feasibility of a food response training (FRT). This study will be conducted in patients with obesity recruited from NYU Langone Health. Measurements will occur at screening, baseline, and 3 months, for a subgroup of participants for we will collect saliva samples for genetic analysis at baseline assessment (ancillary study).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 35 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 Jan 2022
- Start date
- 9 Nov 2022
- Primary completion date
- 9 Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05203718
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 35
- From 9 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 9 Apr 2025
- 2 sites 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
- have had bariatric surgery within the past 2 years
- unwilling to delay bariatric surgery for the next 6 months
- who have gained or loss more than 5.5 kg in the previous 3 months
Other illness
- taking any medication that may impact dietary intake and weight:
- Immunosuppressants, steroids, medications for weight loss or to manage blood sugars or a psychiatric condition other than anxiety/depression
- unable to participate meaningfully in an intervention that involves using software available in English. The reason for this is that the food training apps have not been designed or validated in audio form or in other languages. (e.g., due to uncorrected sight impairment, illiterate, non-English-speaking, dementia)
Other
- pregnant or breastfeeding or plan to become pregnant in the next 6 months, or who become pregnant during the study
- enrolled in another intervention that could influence dietary intake
- institutionalized (e.g., in a nursing home or personal care facility, or those who are incarcerated and have limited control over diet), unwilling or inability to provide informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- ≥18 to 80 years of age
- BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2
- access to a computer or an iPhone/iPad or be willing to use a study loaner smart phone
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYU Langone Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| NYU Clinical & Translational Science Institute Clinical Research Center (CTSI CRC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
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