NCT06972381Active, not recruiting
Piloting a Patient Navigator Program for Weight Loss
Piloting a Patient Navigator Program to Facilitate Uptake and Persistence With Evidence-based Weight Loss Interventions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Evidence-based interventions for overweight and obesity are underutilized. The utilization and efficacy of these interventions may improve with the implementation of a patient navigator program, as has been practiced in other fields (e.g., cancer). The proposed study will enroll adults ("index participants") (N=68) with overweight/obesity in a 12-month program in which they will be provided with a navigator who will help them understand their options for evidence-based weight loss intervention and who will promote initiation and continued engagement with an intervention option. The project will provide information about how well received the navigator program is and the extent to which it works as expected.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 68 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 1 May 2025
- Start date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- 15 Feb 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Drexel University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06972381
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 68
- From 15 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, 15 Feb 2027
- 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
- currently taking weight loss medication or engaging in any other form of weight management intervention
Other illness
- a medical or psychiatric condition that may a) limit appropriateness of weight loss intervention or b) be likely to cause a change in weight in the next 12 months (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, end-stage kidney disease, some types of cancer)
- history of bariatric surgery
Other
- a calculated weight suppression value of 10% or higher
- currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 12 months
- adults unable to consent, children, pregnant women, and prisoners
Who the study is looking for
- BMI \> 27 kg/m2
- weight \< 396 pounds due to limits of the wireless scale
- age 18 to 75
- ability to read and speak English sufficiently to engage with a counselor and complete study measures
- willing to be randomized to either study condition
- willing to engage with a counselor for assistance in identifying and initiating a weight loss intervention
- successfully complete enrollment and assessments tasks, including connecting a wireless scale for baseline measurement of weight
- reliable access to a device capable of using email and Drexel approved videoconferencing software
- residing in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area, which includes Southeastern PA, Southern NJ, Northeast MD, and Northern DE
- agree that they will not join another intervention study in the WELL Center in the next 12 months
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drexel University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
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