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NCT06994923Recruiting

Weight Management Intervention in College: A Pilot

Testing a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for Emerging Adults Implemented Within College Health Service Centers

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Oct 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This pilot randomized controlled trial will examine a behavioral weight loss intervention that uses a "small change" approach fro emerging adult college students with overweight/obesity. The primary aim is to assess student acceptability and clinically-meaningful weight changes.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
20 May 2025
Start date
20 Jan 2025
Primary completion date
1 Mar 2027
Lead sponsor
The Miriam Hospital
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT06994923

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 20 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 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

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Participation in another formal weight loss program or current utilization of obesity medications

Other illness

  • History or current diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or alcohol use disorder (current symptoms also assessed at screening using validated screening questionnaires)
  • Psychiatric hospitalization in the past 12 months
  • History of bariatric surgery

Other

  • Current or recent pregnancy
  • Recent weight loss of 5% body weight or more
  • Severe food or physical activity restrictions that would interfere with treatment recommendations

Who the study is looking for

  • BMI of 25 or greater
  • Enrolled at college/university where study will take place
  • English-speaking

Age in the registry: 18 years to 29 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
The Miriam Hospital
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ProvidenceUnited StatesRecruiting

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