Tests a primary care lifestyle medicine clinic for people with obesity
Tests a lifestyle clinic in primary care for adults with obesity-related conditions.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Where
- Birmingham, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Evaluation of a Primary Care Based Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at UAB
- Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- People taking part
- 1,000 people, planned
- Started
- 3 May 2025
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- FLOW Lifestyle Medicine Clinic
- Record updated
- 22 May 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 adult patients of two UAB clinics who are overweight and already have a diagnosis such as prediabetes, diabetes, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia or psoriatic arthritis.
- Age
- 18 to 89 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- A previous diagnosis of at least one of these: prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, prehypertension or hypertension, dyslipidemia, or psoriatic arthritis.
- Biomarker or test result
- BMI of 25 kg/m2 or higher.
Main reasons for not taking part
- People who are not current patients of the UAB Family & Community Medicine Clinic or the UAB Rheumatology Clinic cannot join.
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Current patient of the UAB Family \& Community Medicine Clinic or UAB Rheumatology Clinic
- BMI: greater than or equal to 25 kg/m2
- Previous diagnosis of at least one of the following conditions:
- prediabetes or type 2 diabetes
- prehypertension or hypertension
- dyslipidemia
- psoriatic arthritis
Who cannot take part
- Not a current patient of the UAB Family \& Community Medicine Clinic or UAB Rheumatology Clinic
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 89 years old?
Where in United States
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, United StatesEnrolling by invitation
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a randomized quality improvement project (i.e., not a research study) that will test the implementation and effectiveness of a lifestyle medicine clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Encouraged to Enroll in FLOWTreatment being tested
Patients randomized to this condition receive extra encouragement to consider enrolling in the FLOW lifestyle medicine clinic. This encouragement includes the addition of 2 questions added to their patients' pre-visit intake process regarding their interest in making healthy lifestyle changes to improve their cardiometabolic health. If affirmative, the Certified Medical Assistant will provide the patient with a FLOW brochure and make a note for the provider to follow-up with the patient and consider referral to the FLOW clinic.
Treatment: FLOW Lifestyle Medicine Clinic
- Not Encouraged to Enroll in FLOWExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients randomized to this condition do not receive extra encouragement to enroll in the FLOW lifestyle medicine clinic. They are still able to access to the FLOW clinic via brochures placed in the waiting area and exam rooms or direct referral by their healthcare provider (without having been "encouraged.")
Treatment: FLOW Lifestyle Medicine Clinic
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
- Randomized Encouragement Trial to Evaluate the Implementation and Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in Primary Care
- Plain-language title
- Tests a primary care lifestyle medicine clinic for people with obesityGenerated 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 NCT06989281, who can take part
- Record updated
- 22 May 2026