NCT06335810Recruiting
Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties Program
Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties (ROBUST): Randomized Control Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This trial aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of addressing interpersonal barriers to weight-related behavior change. Specifically, the study will test if, by including up to two friends, family members, or co-workers in a lifestyle intervention for weight loss, the person enrolled in the study loses more weight than someone whose friends, family members, or co-workers were not invited to participate.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 264 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 22 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 5 Apr 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06335810
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 264
- From 5 Apr 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
- 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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Lab values
- Index Participant:
- Active enrollment in a weight-loss program, use of weight-loss medications, or planning weight-loss surgery
- Advanced medical illness, dementia, hospitalization, injury, or pregnancy that inhibits regular physical activity
- Contraindications to exercise based on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire or lack of clearance from a health care provider
- Unresolved Food insecurity
- Speaks a language other than English or Spanish
Other
- Social Network Member:
- Speaks a language other than English or Spanish
Who the study is looking for
- Index Participant:
- Black race or Hispanic ethnicity
- Male or Female 18 years of age or older
- Calculated BMI \> 30kg/m2 from objectively measured height and weight by study staff
- Access \& willingness to use program food intake app via home computer or a smartphone
- Ability to identify at least one adult social network member who will participate in the study
- Social Network Member:
- Male or Female 18 years of age or older
- Access to the internet or a smartphone
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weill Cornell Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
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