NCT06484621Recruiting
Motivating Increases in Physical Activity for Prevention of Weight Regain After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery
Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Promote Autonomous Motivation for Increased Physical Activity and Improved Weight Loss Maintenance in Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Randomized Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a psychological intervention can increase regular physical activity to help prevent weight regain after metabolic bariatric surgery in adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does the psychological intervention increase physical activity? 2. Does the psychological intervention prevent weight regain? 3. Does the psychological intervention increase internal motivation for physical activity and acceptance of the discomfort that can come with physical activity? Researchers will compare the psychological intervention to an educational intervention to see if the psychological intervention works to increase physical activity and prevent weight regain after metabolic bariatric surgery. Participants will: * Complete 12 months of either the psychological or educational intervention. This includes attending online workshops with a small group of participants, completing brief homework assignments, and having individual telephone calls with a counselor. * Wear a device to measure physical activity, use an electronic scale to measure body weight, and complete questionnaires at home on five separate occasions over an 18-month period
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 164 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 8 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 28 Sept 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Hartford Hospital
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06484621
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 164
- From 8 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 28 Sept 2028
- 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
- Begin taking a newly prescribed medication for weight loss less than two months prior to study enrollment
- Begin taking a newly prescribed medication or change the dosage/frequency of pre-existing medications that are associated with weight loss/weight gain but not taken to produce weight loss less than two months prior to study enrollment
Other illness
- Report any conditions or plans that would preclude adherence to the study protocol (i.e., plans to relocate, psychiatric problems such as substance use disorder, or terminal illness)
Other
- Have regained 10% or more of maximum weight lost based on weight measurements
- Cannot ambulate independently
- Do not speak/read English at a 6th grade level
- Are pregnant, lactating, less than 6-months postpartum or plan to become pregnant during the course of the study
- Report current involvement in a weight management program outside of standard care
Who the study is looking for
- Having undergone either a primary Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy bariatric procedure between 6 and 20 months prior to enrollment
- Have reached their nadir weight and regained less than 10% of maximum weight lost based on weight measurements
- Had their surgery performed at Hartford Hospital or another surgical weight loss center within the Hartford HealthCare system.
- Able to provide consent
- Willing to engage in and complete the study protocol
- Able to safely participate in a physical activity program
Age in the registry: 18 years to 64 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hartford | United States | Recruiting |
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