Obesity and Financial Incentives (Obesity)

June 25, 2012 updated by: Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research

Finanzielle Anreize Zur Reduktion Von Übergewicht

Investigate whether economic incentives help obese individuals to lose weight.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

700

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
    • Baden-Würrttemberg
      • Bad Kissingen, Baden-Würrttemberg, Germany

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • BMI above 30
  • age between 18 anf 75
  • registered residence in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg

Exclusion Criteria:

  • considerable language barriers
  • pregnancy
  • psychological disorders
  • eating disorders
  • tumor disease within last five years
  • abuse of alcohol
  • abuse of drugs
  • serious general diseases

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control group
Experimental: low reward
economic incentive
Other: economic incentive
economic incentive for weight loss
Experimental: high reward
economic incentive
Other: economic incentive
economic incentive for weight loss

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
bodyweight
Time Frame: 22 months
22 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2014

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 21, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 25, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 25, 2012

Last Verified

June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 010902

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