- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02363010
Project Impact: An Innovative Approach to Weight Loss Maintenance
1R01DK100345-01A1: An Innovative, Physical Activity-focused Approach to Weight Loss Maintenance
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Most adults who engage in lifestyle modification find it difficult to maintain a high level of PA over the long-term, and most also find that weight regain is inevitable. The current portfolio of available interventions does not adequately address these challenges. This project is designed to test the effectiveness of an intervention that is specifically designed to enhance the ability to maintain, in the long-term, a level of PA high enough to achieve long-term weight loss maintenance.
In the study, 300 obese adults will be recruited from the community and provided with 6 months of group-based, standard behavioral treatment for induction of weight loss (Phase I). A 6-month Phase I was chosen so that all participants will have sufficient time to accomplish initial weight loss before Phase II begins, allowing Phase II to truly be a test of weight loss maintenance. In Phase II, participants will receive one of three interventions, to be delivered for an additional 12 months: 1) behavioral treatment, with the standard emphasis on maintaining changes in diet and PA (BT), 2) behavioral treatment, with a primary emphasis on using these skills to maintain PA (BT-PA), or 3) acceptance-based behavioral treatment, with a primary emphasis on using these skills to maintain PA (ABT-PA).
Assessments will be conducted at baseline, 6 months, 18 months (end of treatment), 24 months (6-month follow-up), and 36 months (18-month follow-up).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19130
- Drexel University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have a BMI between 27 and 45 kg/m2
- Have the ability to engage in at least 15 minutes of moderate physical activity (e.g. brisk walking)
- Successfully complete all steps in the enrollment process, including attendance at all pre-randomization clinic visits and providing physician clearance
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have a medical condition that prevents safe engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
- Are lactating, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant in the next three years
- Report recently beginning a course of or changing the dosage of prescription medications that can cause significant weight loss or weight gain
- Are participating in or plan to participate in another weight loss program in the next three years
- Have a primary family member or member of their household participating in the study
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss
Eighteen months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance.
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Group- based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session).
Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session).
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Experimental: Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss with PA emphasis
Six months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, followed by 12 months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance with a larger emphasis on physical activity goals.
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Group- based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session).
Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session).
Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, with a larger emphasis on physical activity goals (65% of session) than eating-related goals (25% of session).Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session).
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Experimental: Acceptance-based Behavior Therapy with PA emphasis
Six months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, followed by 12 months of group-based behavior therapy with acceptance-based strategies, and a larger emphasis on physical activity goals.
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Group- based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session).
Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session).
Group-based, acceptance-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance, with a larger emphasis on physical activity goals (65% of session) than eating-related goals (25% of session).Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session).
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Body Weight
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Objectively measured in the research clinic at each time point on a scale
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Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Change in Physical Activity
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Objectively measured at each time point using wGT3X-BT accelerometers from Actigraph
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Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Time taken to complete a half-mile walk on the treadmill.
Shorter times indicate a greater level of cardiorespiratory fitness.
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Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Waist Circumference
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Measured in the clinical horizontally at the umbilicus.
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Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Exploratory Moderator: Emotional Overeating
Time Frame: 0 months, 6 months
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Emotional Overeating Questionnaire.
The Emotional Overeating Questionnaire is a six-item self-report questionnaire designed to assess the frequency of emotional overeating (Masheb & Grilo, 2006).
Participants rate their frequency of eating an "unusually large amount" over the prior 28 days in response to 6 emotions (anxiety, sadness, loneliness, tiredness, anger, and happiness) on a 7-point Likert scale: 0 = no days, 1 =1-5 days, 2 = 6-12 days, 3 = 13-15 days, 4 = 16-22 days, 5 = 23-27 days, and 6 = every day.
Responses to the six items are averaged for a total score.
Total scores range from 0-6 (units are scores on the scale).
Higher total scores indicate more frequent emotional overeating (i.e., worse outcome).
The Emotional Overeating Questionnaire has previously shown high internal consistency (alpha = 0.85) with test-retest reliability among individuals with Binge Eating Disorder (Masheb & Grilo, 2006).
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0 months, 6 months
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Exploratory Moderator: Disinhibited Eating.
Time Frame: 0 months, 6 months
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The 18-item Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) (Cappelleri, Bushmakin, Gerber, Leidy, Sexton, Lowe, et al., 2009) assessed disinhibited eating behavior.
The questionnaire consists of statements about food and participants rate if they apply to them on a 4-point Likert scale (definitely true, mostly true, mostly false, definitely false).
The questionnaire has a well-validated three-factor structure (Cronbach's α of 0.78-0.94),
which includes a domain for disinhibited eating.
This project used scoring from Niemeier, Phelan, Fava, & Wing, 2007, responses are coded 0 (mostly/definitely false) or 1 (mostly/definitely true).
Total scores range from 0-18 (higher scores mean more problematic eating behaviors, i.e., worse outcome).
The disinhibited eating subscale is the sum of 16 items (range 0-16), such as: "Sometimes when I start eating, I just can't seem to stop."
Higher scores indicate higher levels of disinhibited eating (i.e., worse outcome).
Units are scores on the scale.
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0 months, 6 months
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Exploratory Moderator: Hedonic Hunger
Time Frame: 0 months, 6 months
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The Power of Food Scale is a 15-item self-report questionnaire that assesses the tendency to eat for pleasure (rather than physiological hunger) based on cues from the environment (Lowe et al., 2009).
Items measure participants' appetite-related thoughts, feelings, and motivations for highly palatable foods with three subscales based on food proximity: (1) Food available in the environment but not physically present (sum of 6 items, range 6-30) (2) Food physically present but not yet tasted (sum of 4 items, range 4-20), and (3) Food tasted but not yet consumed (sum of 5 items, range 5-25).
An example item is: "If I see or smell a food I like, I get a powerful urge to have some."
Participants rated each of these statements on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
Total scores are a sum of the 15 items (range 15-75) (units are scores on the scale).
Higher total and subscale scores indicate greater hedonic hunger (i.e., worse outcome).
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0 months, 6 months
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Exploratory Moderator: Appetitive Response to Exercise
Time Frame: 0 months, 6 months
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Perceived Appetitive Response to Exercise.
This was a single item measure, where participants were asked to select which one of these four options best described their experience in the past month: There is no relationship between my level of exercise and my appetite; Exercise helps me control my appetite - I am less hungry when I am exercising regularly; Exercise increases my appetite - I am more hungry when I am exercising regularly; Not applicable because not exercising.
This item was constructed by the research team, as no pre-existing measure of this construct was identified.
The count and percent of participants within each category (by treatment condition) was calculated.
This variable consists of four categorical responses, and thus does not have a minimum/maximum value.
None of the response options are considered better or worse than the others.
Each option describes separate potential experiences participants may have had in relation to eating/exercise over the past month.
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0 months, 6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Meghan Butryn, Ph.D., Drexel University
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Butryn ML, Crane NT, Lufburrow E, Hagerman CJ, Forman EM, Zhang F. The Role of Physical Activity in Long-term Weight Loss: 36-month Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Behav Med. 2023 Feb 4;57(2):146-154. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaac028.
- Butryn ML, Godfrey KM, Call CC, Forman EM, Zhang F, Volpe SL. Promotion of physical activity during weight loss maintenance: A randomized controlled trial. Health Psychol. 2021 Mar;40(3):178-187. doi: 10.1037/hea0001043.
- Butryn ML, Martinelli MK, Remmert JE, Roberts SR, Zhang F, Forman EM, Manasse SM. Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Weight Loss and Physical Activity Outcomes. Ann Behav Med. 2019 Aug 29;53(10):909-917. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaz001.
- Rosenbaum DL, Clark MH, Convertino AD, Call CC, Forman EM, Butryn ML. Examination of Nutrition Literacy and Quality of Self-monitoring in Behavioral Weight Loss. Ann Behav Med. 2018 Aug 16;52(9):809-816. doi: 10.1093/abm/kax052.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 1402002613
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