NCT06969235Recruiting
Examining the Role of Executive Functioning in Family-Based Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment
Examining the Role of Executive Functioning in Family-Based Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment to Address Pediatric Obesity (Healthy LIFT Groups)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objectives of this open trial feasibility study are to examine the impacts of intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) on youth and caregiver executive functioning (EF), weight status, health behaviors (dietary intake, disordered eating, physical activity), and psychological functioning. Investigators propose to enroll 10 youth 13 to 17 years of age who have overweight or obesity (OV/OB) and a primary caregiver. Families will receive six months of evidence-based family focused group IHBLT based on social, cognitive, and family systems theories. Families will complete assessments of EF skills (objective and self-report), weight status, dietary intake, physical activity, and psychological functioning at pre- and post-treatment.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 30 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 5 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06969235
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 10
- From 5 May 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Youth or caregiver in commercial weight loss program or taking prescribed medications for the prior three months that impact appetite or weight
Other illness
- Youth pervasive developmental disorder (e.g., intellectual disability)
- Youth or caregiver with documented history of eating disorder or untreated severe depression
Other
- Both youth and caregiver scores are two standard deviations or above the mean on the CPT-3 Commissions and Stroop Interference, representing significantly higher than average EF skills.
Who the study is looking for
- Youth 13-17 years old
- Youth with OV/OB (BMI≥85th percentile for age/gender norms)
- Participating caregiver must be the participating youth's legal guardian
- Participating youth and caregiver speak and read English
- Participating youth and caregiver agree to attend IHBLT group meetings in-between the pre- and post-treatment assessments.
Age in the registry: 13 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Health Sciences, University of Missouri Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Recruiting |
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