Multi-level weight loss program for adults with obesity in Louisiana communities
Tests a community-based weight loss program in adults living with obesity in Louisiana.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Tulane University
- Where
- Avondale, Bastrop, Baton Rouge, Franklin, Greensburg, Houma, Independence, Kenner, Loranger, Marrero, Minden, Morgan City, New Orleans, Pierre Part, Plaquemine, Shreveport, Springfield, and West Monroe, United StatesSee the 18 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Collaborative Multi-level Obesity Intervention Engaging Communities Trial
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 522 people, planned
- Started
- 14 Mar 2025
- Expected to end
- 31 Mar 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Health Literacy and Culturally Tailored Materials
- Community-Engaged Health Coaching and Navigation
- Self-Monitoring and Remote Patient Monitoring of weight and physical activity
- Community Asset Mapping (CAM)
- Primary Care Provider Training
- Obesity Toolkit for Primary Care Providers
- Record updated
- 11 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults living with obesity in Louisiana who receive care at a participating community health clinic. It tests a weight loss program with coaching and community support.
- Age
- 18 to 75 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Obesity: BMI between 30 and 50 kg/m2 (between 27.5 and 50 kg/m2 for people who identify as Asian). Weight less than 400 pounds (181 kg).
- Earlier treatment
- Cannot be in a weight-loss program now. Cannot have lost more than 10 pounds (5 kg) in the last 6 months.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Pregnant, planning pregnancy within 1 year, or gave birth in the past year
- Currently in a weight-loss program
- Lost more than 10 pounds (5 kg) in the last 6 months
- Employee of a participating clinic, or family member of an employee
- A disease that exercise or weight loss can interfere with or worsen
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- being 18 to 75 years of age
- living with obesity, defined as a BMI between 30 and 50 kg/m2 for non-Asian identifying participants and BMI between 27.5 and 50 kg/m2 for Asian-identifying participants
- weighing less than 400 pounds
- receiving care from or willing to register at a participating FQHC clinic
- able to understand and speak English
- able to complete the study within the next year (e.g., not planning to move from the area within study period)
Who cannot take part
- having a disease that can interfere with or be aggravated by exercise or weight loss
- having given birth within the past year, pregnant or planning to become pregnant during study period (within 1 year)
- currently participating in a weight-loss program
- having lost more than 10 pounds in the last 6 months
- being an employee or a family member of an employee of any participating FQHC
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 75 years old?
Where in United States
- InclusivCare - Avondale ClinicAvondale, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- CommuniHealth Services - Bastrop ClinicBastrop, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- CareSouth Medical and Dental - Baton Rouge ClinicBaton Rouge, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- Teche Action Clinic - FranklinFranklin, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- Southeast Community Health Systems - Greensburg ClinicGreensburg, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- Teche Action Clinic - HoumaHouma, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- Southeast Community Health Systems - Independence ClinicIndependence, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- InclusivCare - Kenner ClinicKenner, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- RKM Primary Care - Loranger ClinicLoranger, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- InclusivCare - MarreroMarrero, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- David Raines Community Health Center - Minden ClinicMinden, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- Teche Action Clinic - Morgan CityMorgan City, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- NOELA Community Health CenterNew Orleans, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- Teche Action Clinic - South Pierre PartPierre Part, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- CareSouth Medical and Dental - Plaquemine ClinicPlaquemine, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- David Raines Community Health Center - Shreveport ClinicShreveport, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- RKM Primary Care - Springfield ClinicSpringfield, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
- CommuniHealth Services - West Monroe ClinicWest Monroe, United StatesContact: Laura PerryTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of an evidence-based multi-level intervention for weight loss and the feasibility, fidelity, and sustainability of implementing the intervention in people living with obesity in Louisiana. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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* Will an evidence-based multi-level obesity intervention (called LA-CEAL CONNECT) in Louisiana communities achieve weight loss at 6 months compared to enhanced usual care? * Will LA-CEAL CONNECT sustain weight loss at 12 months? * Will LA-CEAL CONNECT improve waist circumference, diet quality, physical activity, quality of life, and blood pressure at 6 and 12 months? * Will LA-CEAL CONNECT be feasible to implement in adults living with obesity in Louisiana communities?
Researchers will compare the LA-CEAL CONNECT multilevel weight loss intervention to enhanced usual care to evaluate if LA-CEAL CONNECT leads to greater weight loss and greater changes in waist circumference, diet, physical activity, quality of life, and blood pressure than enhanced usual care.
Participants in both arms will:
* Receive health literacy-tailored educational materials and resources for weight loss * Visit the clinic site for baseline, 6-month and 12-month study visits to collect clinical and survey measurements
Participants in the CONNECT intervention arm will also:
* receive health coaching * self-monitor weight and physical activity using digital technologies * attend group meetings to identify and increase utilization of community health and wellness resources
The 2 groups in the trial
- LA-CEAL CONNECT InterventionTreatment being tested
Participants will receive: 1) culturally tailored and health literacy-appropriate educational materials about weight loss and obesity, 2) health coaching from community health workers over 6 months, and 3) digital weight scale and fitness tracker (e.g., Fitbit). Communities will receive support to conduct Community Asset Mapping and design and implement Community Action Projects to promote health resources in their community. FQHC clinic providers will receive: 1) education on guideline-based obesity management, 2) toolkit with resources for obesity management.
Treatment: Health Literacy and Culturally Tailored Materials, Community-Engaged Health Coaching and Navigation, Self-Monitoring and Remote Patient Monitoring of weight and physical activity, Community Asset Mapping (CAM), Primary Care Provider Training, and Obesity Toolkit for Primary Care Providers
- Enhanced Usual CareExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants will receive culturally tailored and health literacy-appropriate educational materials about weight loss and obesity. FQHC clinic providers will receive education on obesity management.
Treatment: Health Literacy and Culturally Tailored Materials and Primary Care Provider Training
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- LA-CEAL CONNECT: Louisiana Community Engagement Alliance (LA-CEAL) Collaborative Multi-level Obesity Intervention Engaging Communities Trial (CONNECT)
- Plain-language title
- Multi-level weight loss program for adults with obesity in Louisiana communitiesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06835686, who can take part
- Record updated
- 11 August 2026