12 Weeks Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Program in Primary Care Obesity Clinic for Obese Adults: Jeddah 2015

June 3, 2015 updated by: Riyad Q. Alghamdi, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Saudi Arabia

12 Weeks Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Program in Primary Care Obesity Clinic for Obese Adults: Randomized Control Trial, Jeddah 2015

With low carbohydrate dietary approach for both arms, the investigators will examine the effectiveness of 12-weeks intensive lifestyle intervention program provided in individual sessions in primary health care obesity clinic in Jeddah with aim to achieve 5% reduction of baseline weight for experimental participants in comparison with active comparator group (only one health education session).

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study has two arms:

Active Comparator Arm:

Only health education. One session regarding diet restriction and physical activity with printed health education papers.

Experimental Arm:

Intensive lifestyle intervention Weekly individual session in obesity clinic (15 to 20 min.) for the first 4 weeks then one individual session in obesity clinic (10 to 20 min.) every two weeks (week 5 to week 12).

Total sessions in 12 weeks: 8 (including the final data collection visit).The components of the program: 1) Low carbohydrate (aim to achieve spontaneous reduction in calorie intake) 2) increased physical activity; 3) behavioral strategies to facilitate adherence to diet and activity prescriptions.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

140

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 20 years old or older
  • Arabic Male or female
  • Body mass index in kg/m2 (BMI) ≥30

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Had recent weight loss equal or more than 5% of baseline weight
  • Currently take weight loss medication or enrolled in another weight loss program
  • Undergone or scheduled (within study duration) weight loss surgery
  • History of diabetes, thyroid dysfunction or any other endocrine abnormality, gout, coronary heart disease, stroke, malignancy or psychological condition
  • Medical condition that limits ability to comply with the program's physical activity recommendations
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • If one participant had recruited in the study, his family members who live with him in the same home will be ineligible (to avoid contamination from the ripple effect on weight loss)

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
Experimental: L Group

Weekly individual session in obesity clinic (15 to 20 min.) for the first 4 weeks then one individual session in obesity clinic (10 to 20 min.) every two weeks (week 5 to week 12).

Total sessions in 12 weeks: 8 (including the final data collection visit). The components of the program:

1) Low carbohydrate (aim to achieve spontaneous reduction in calorie intake) 2) increased physical activity; 3) behavioural strategies to facilitate adherence to diet and activity prescriptions.
Other: Health Education
Behavioral: Intensive lifestyle intervention
Active Comparator: C Group
One session regarding diet restriction and physical activity with printed health education papers.
Other: Health Education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Weight Reduction
Time Frame: 1-12 weeks
1-12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Waist circumference changes
Time Frame: 1-12 weeks
1-12 weeks
Hip circumference changes
Time Frame: 1-12 weeks
1-12 weeks
Systolic and Diastolic Blood pressure changes
Time Frame: 1-12 weeks
1-12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Saudi Arabia

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2015

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 1, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 3, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

June 8, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 8, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 3, 2015

Last Verified

June 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • SaudiCHS

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