A Weight Loss Trial for Emotional Eating

February 4, 2014 updated by: Edie Goldbacher, Temple University

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Weight Loss Intervention for Obesity

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new weight loss treatment which incorporates behavioral weight loss skills and skills for learning how to identify, manage, and cope with emotions helps with weight loss and emotional eating in people who are overweight and eat in response to emotions.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

79

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140
        • CORE

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

21 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Non-smoker, free of diabetes, overweight and interested in losing weight, eat in response to emotions

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diabetes, any major medical or psychiatric condition that would compromise ability to participate, hypertension, current mental health treatment

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Behavioral Weight Loss
State of the art behavioral weight loss treatment
Behavioral: Behavioral Weight Loss
Weekly group meetings addressing behavioral weight loss skills including calorie counting, exercise, behavior modification, environmental changes, and coping with triggers.
Experimental: Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss
Combines behavioral weight loss skills with skills specifically targeting emotional eating.
Behavioral: Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss
Weekly group meetings that combine behavioral weight loss skills (calorie counting, exercise, behavior modification, environmental changes) with skills to decrease emotional eating by learning ways to manage and cope with emotions without eating.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
weight change
Time Frame: 12 weeks and 20 weeks
12 weeks and 20 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
changes in emotional eating
Time Frame: 12 weeks and 20 weeks
12 weeks and 20 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Temple University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Edie M Goldbacher, PhD, Universidad La Salle, Mexico

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

September 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 15, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

February 5, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 5, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2014

Last Verified

February 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • F32DK083910 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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