NCT05579704Completed
Digital Intervention for Behaviour Change and Chronic Disease Prevention
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Mar 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Body weight, diet quality, physical activity, stress, sleep and alcohol use will be evaluated in a sample of 180 Albertans with excess body weight. Participants will be randomized into the following two groups; active control arm (access to a preventative self-care web-based platform for 16 weeks) vs. intervention arm (access to a preventative self-care web-based platform for 16 weeks plus health professional guidance and supervision).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 186 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Oct 2022
- Start date
- 23 Nov 2022
- Primary completion date
- 1 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05579704
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 186
- From 23 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 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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Prior treatment
- Taking any medication or supplements that may alter energy metabolism, body weight and composition, as evaluated by study investigators;
- Previous bariatric surgery
- Active substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, illicit drugs, prescription drugs)
Other illness
- Chronic conditions in which weight loss is not indicated or controversial. Significant medical self-reported comorbidities, including uncontrolled metabolic disorders (e.g., cancer, thyroid, stroke, kidney, liver, respiratory, heart disease, type 1 or uncontrolled type 2 diabetes)
- Self-reported eating disorders, untreated depression, anxiety or other mood disorders
Other
- Participating in intensive lifestyle interventions, structured exercise programming (\> 3hrs of vigorous physical activity per week) or structured diet programming
- Weight loss greater than 25 lbs (11 kg) in the past 6 months
- Unable to adhere to the study protocol
Who the study is looking for
- Albertans with excess body weight (BMI 30-35 kg/m2)
- Individuals who are seeking weight loss as screened by the S-Weight Questionnaire
- Ages 40-65 years of age, any sex/gender
- Able to safely exercise as screened by the 2022 Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+)
- Must have a cell phone with internet access and Bluetooth capabilities
- Able to participate in video conferencing on evenings and/or weekends
- Willing to wear a Fitbit activity monitor on the wrist for 16 weeks.
- Able to speak, read and understand English
Age in the registry: 40 years to 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alberta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
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