NCT06311175Completed
Diet Tracking Prescriptions for Weight Loss
Mentoring in Mobile Health (mHealth) and Social Networking Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction: Intervention Phase
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Mar 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Lifestyle interventions are effective at producing modest weight loss. One of the strongest predictors of weight loss is food tracking, which involves logging all food and beverage consumed each day in an effort to stay within a daily calorie goal. Standard lifestyle interventions prescribe daily food tracking for the length of the program which can range from 3-24 months. This can be a taxing prescription that is not feasible to do long term for many people. The purpose of this pilot feasibility randomized trial is to test the feasibility of 3 tracking prescriptions during an 8 week digital weight loss intervention: 1) tracking daily, 2) tracking two weeks on and one week off, 3) tracking every other week. Feasibility is defined as tracking prescription compliance, burden, acceptability, and perceived efficacy, and tracking self-efficacy. Diet tracking will be evaluated one month after the intervention ends so that groups can be compared on diet tracking maintenance.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 108 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Jan 2024
- Start date
- 30 Apr 2024
- Primary completion date
- 22 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Connecticut
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06311175
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 108
- From 30 Apr 2024 to the primary completion date, 22 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
- Had bariatric surgery or plans to have surgery during the study
- Currently taking medication affecting weight
- Participated in previous weight loss studies under the PI
- Had major surgery in past 6 months and have not been cleared by their doctor to resume physical activity and diet changes
- Plans to have major surgery in the next 6-months
Other illness
- Reports having bipolar disorder, substance abuse, psychosis, an eating disorder, or severe depression
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Has a digestive disorder/condition that precludes dietary changes
- Has an implanted cardiac defibrillator or pacemaker
Other
- Pregnant/lactating or plans to become pregnant during study period
- Has lost ≥5% of weight in past 3 months
- Is participating or intends to participate in another weight loss program during the study
- Chronic pain that interferes with the ability to exercise
- Unable to make dietary changes or increase physical activity
- Unable to walk ¼ mile unaided without stopping
- Currently smokes or vapes nicotine twice a week or more
- Meets criteria for severe depression on the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (score of \>19)
- Does not currently own a smartphone
- Unable to attend the orientation webinar
- Did not complete screening and on-board processes of study (screening survey, webinar, e-consent, baseline survey, app set-up, scale set-up, etc.)
- Prisoner; or
- Unable to provide consent
Who the study is looking for
- BMI 27-45 kg/m2
- Wi-Fi connectivity at home
- Logs into Facebook at least 5 days per week over the past 2 weeks
- Has "liked", posted, or replied on Facebook at least twice a week over the past month
- Able to participate in the study in English
- Interested in losing weight
- Lives in US
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Connecticut Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Storrs | United States | Unknown status |
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