NCT07778433Completed
BasketballRx: Game Changing Health
BasketballRx: Game Changing Health - Combating Adolescent Obesity and Mental Health With Hoops and Health
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this study is to learn if BasketballRx, a basketball and health program, works well for children and teens who are overweight or have obesity. The study will also look at whether the program helps children build healthy habits, improve their health, and feel better. The main questions the BasketballRx clinical trial aims to answer are: 1. Is the BasketballRx program easy for children and families to take part in and complete? 2. Do children show changes in their healthy habits, physical health, or emotional well-being after completing the program? Participants will: * Attend 6 BasketballRx sessions over 2 months * Take part in health lessons and basketball activities * Learn about healthy eating, exercise, sleep, and ways to manage stress * Have their height, weight, waist size, blood pressure, and heart rate checked * Answer questions about how they feel and their healthy habits
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 8 (actual)
- First submitted
- 17 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Primary completion date
- 29 Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07778433
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 8
- From 3 Mar 2026 to the primary completion date, 29 Aug 2026
- 2 sites 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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Other illness
- Children with current or past orthopedic conditions/injuries.
- Children with health conditions/physical limitations that render them unable to participate in any component of the program including but not limited to severe developmental delays, autism, wheelchair dependence.
- An elevated heart rate or newly discovered elevated blood pressure before the start of any of the sessions
Lab values
- Children with structural cardiac conditions, respiratory conditions, concussion within the past 30days, Stage 2 hypertension, history of syncope or near syncope, cardiac dysrhythmias/channelopathies (e.g., long QT syndrome, heart block), history of exercise-induced chest pain or heart palpitations, family history of sudden cardiac death in children, seizure disorder, pregnancy.
Age
- Children younger than 10 years old or older than 15 years old
Other
- Children with a BMI lower than the 85th percentile
- Not cared for at the Penn State Health Family and Community Medicine Clinic in Harrisburg, PA
- Not of Black/Latino race/ethnicity
- Unaccompanied children
- Inability to verify guardianship with the EHR
- Non-English speaking
- Participants without sneakers
- Already enrolled in another formal exercise program
- Parent/guardian is unwilling or unable to provide consent
Who the study is looking for
- Ages 10 years old to 15 years old.
- BMI 85th percentile or higher
- Patient at the Penn State Health Family and Community Medicine Clinic in Harrisburg, PA
- Race/ethnicity self-reported as Black or Latino
- One guardian (as listed in the EHR) must be present during the entirety of all sessions
- English-speaking
- Allowable medical conditions: depression, anxiety, adhd, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance, prediabetes, diabetes, skin conditions, stage 1 hypertension.
Age in the registry: 10 years to 15 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Health Medical Group Harrisburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Harrisburg | United States | Unknown status |
| Camp Curtin Branch of the YMCA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Harrisburg | United States | Unknown status |
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