NCT05424081Completed
The EMBER Trial for Weight Management Engagement
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will test whether EMBER, a self-help tool to increase weight loss treatment engagement, helps veterans engage in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) weight management programs. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive EMBER or a list of weight management programs (the control group). They will answer questions about health beliefs and behaviors and share information from their medical record at the start of the study, 2-months after the start of the study, and 6-months after the start of the study. Participants will receive compensation for each of these contacts. Participants will also receive a reminder call 10 days after they enroll in the study. All study contacts will be over the phone. The main hypothesis is that people who receive EMBER will be more likely to use VHA weight management programs than people in the control group.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 470 (actual)
- First submitted
- 10 Jun 2022
- Start date
- 19 Sept 2022
- Primary completion date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05424081
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 470
- From 19 Sept 2022 to the primary completion date, 29 Nov 2024
- 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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Other illness
- Documentation or other evidence of cognitive impairment
Age
- Age 80 or older
- Under age 18
Other
- Documentation of a suicide attempt in the past 30 days
- Hospitalization in the past 30 days
- VA weight management program use in past 2 years
- Self-report from potential participant that they will not be in town for the majority of the 2 months following baseline
- Self-report from potential participant they plan to leave VA Palo Alto or Houston within the next 6 months
Who the study is looking for
- Veteran using primary care at VA Palo Alto or Houston in prior year
- BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2
Age in the registry: 18 years to 79 years · Sex: All · Accepts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Unknown status |
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