NCT05797974Completed
Does a Virtual Coach Offer a Better Solution for Weight Reduction in Ventral Hernia Patients With Obesity?
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Nov 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose for this research is to create a MyChart-enabled virtual coach that assists obese patients lose weight prior to ventral hernia surgery. Researchers intend to show how the use of a virtual coach is more effective in preoperative weight reduction prior to ventral hernia repair over usual care. Correspondingly, this may lower unplanned hospital readmissions. For this clinical trial, where randomization is not possible, the study team will implement the use of propensity score matching that sorts individuals into different study arms as if randomly assigned. The primary outcome is the average net amount of time-dependent weight change per group over six months. Secondary outcomes are for the intervention group, patient satisfaction with the virtual coach and for both groups, quality of life. In addition, areas of social and economic disadvantage will be identified that may contribute to higher obesity rates. Machine learning (ML) modeling will be used to determine the important features for weight lost over the course of the study. The impact of this work will be to demonstrate efficacy and realized workflow efficiencies within a hospital-based surgery clinic.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 32 (actual)
- First submitted
- 16 Mar 2023
- Start date
- 15 Feb 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Florida
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05797974
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 32
- From 15 Feb 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2025
- 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
- Pregnant females, patients with severe mental disorders, prescribed psychiatric medications associated with weight gain, a history of a Substance Use Disorder, patients on long-term steroid therapy, and patients with insufficient medical records.
Who the study is looking for
- Subjects between 18 and 90 years of age with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 and above and diagnosed with Obesity by the ICD 10 Code: E66.9 who have been evaluated by a surgeon and offered elective ventral hernia repair. Also, participants must have a complete medical record that allows for all statistical calculations to be performed.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida - Jacksonville Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
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