OBESIAL: A Prospective Interventional Real-world Study of a Multidisciplinary Obesity Management Programme (OBESIAL)
18 de agosto de 2026 actualizado por: University of Health Sciences, Algeria
The OBESIAL (Obesity Structured Intervention in Algeria) study aims to evaluate the clinical, metabolic, and organisational impact of a structured multidisciplinary obesity care pathway implemented under real-world conditions.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Reclutamiento
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
OBESIAL is a prospective pragmatic study involving 300 adults with obesity recruited from healthcare facilities in Algeria and followed for 18 months. The primary comparison evaluates outcomes between participants receiving structured multidisciplinary care (G1, n=150) and those receiving non-structured usual care (G2, n=150). The structured pathway includes coordinated medical follow-up, personalised nutritional intervention, adapted physical activity, therapeutic education, and multidisciplinary support.
Within the structured care group, eligible participants will undergo a nested randomised comparison between G1a (lifestyle intervention plus GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy) and G1b (lifestyle intervention alone) to assess the additional effect of GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment.
The primary outcome is the proportion of participants achieving clinically meaningful weight loss (≥5% of initial body weight) at 18 months. Secondary outcomes include changes in body composition, metabolic parameters, treatment response, adherence, and obesity-related outcomes. Longitudinal analyses will be performed using mixed-effects models, while multivariable approaches will explore factors associated with treatment response.
The findings of the OBESIAL study are expected to provide evidence to support the development and optimisation of structured multidisciplinary obesity care pathways in Algeria and may offer relevant insights for other African healthcare systems.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Estimado)
300
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: Mounira Professor Chanegriha. Head of Medicine department, Professor
- Número de teléfono: 3012 +21321905656
- Correo electrónico: m.chanegriha@univ-alger.dz
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Algiers, Argelia, 16000
- Reclutamiento
- Department of Medicine, , Mother and Child Hospital of the Army (MCHA), Algiers University Hospital, Algiers, Algeria.
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults aged 18-65 years
- BMI ≥30 kg/m²
- Written informed consent obtained prior to enrolment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Refusal to participate or inability to adhere to follow-up procedures
- Pregnancy at enrolment
Severe or unstable comorbidities compromising safety or participation, including:
- Recent acute cardiovascular event (<60 days)
- Active malignancy
- Severe unstable organic disease
- Previous bariatric surgery
- Obesity pharmacotherapy within the previous 90 days
- Known contraindication to planned therapeutic options
- Severe unstable psychiatric disorders
- Genetic obesity or obesity secondary to uncontrolled endocrine disease
Exclusion Criteria During Follow-up
- Pregnancy occurring during follow-up
- Initiation of chronic treatment associated with weight gain
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Armas e Intervenciones
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Experimental: G1a: Structured Obesity Care + Semaglutide
Participants assigned to G1 will initially receive the structured obesity care pathway (OBESIAL) for 18 months.
This structured multidisciplinary care includes coordinated medical follow-up, individualized nutritional management adapted to the sociocultural context, a personalized physical activity program, and psychological support according to individual needs.
At month 6, the clinical course is reviewed during a multidisciplinary meeting.
Bariatric surgery constitutes a therapeutic pathway within the structured care group and not a separate study arm based on clinical indication and patient's wishes.
Among participants remaining eligible for pharmacological intervention, an embedded, independent and centralized 1:1 randomization is performed to assign participants to G1a or G1b.
The semaglutide intervention is therefore an adjunct to, and not a replacement for, the structured nutritional, physical activity and behavioural interventions provided within the OBESIAL care pathway.
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Semaglutide (Wegovy®) will be administered as a subcutaneous injection once weekly, with gradual dose escalation according to the recommended dosing schedule for the molecule, up to a target maintenance dose of 2.4 mg once weekly, for 12 months.
Semaglutide will be initiated as an adjunct to the structured OBESIAL obesity care pathway in eligible participants randomized to G1a, following a second written informed consent specifically for the pharmacological intervention.
Structured care group (G1): Only participants in G1 will undergo the structured care pathway over 18 months.
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Comparador activo: G1b : Structured care group / lifestyle intervention alone
Participants assigned to G1 initially receive the structured obesity care pathway (OBESIAL) for 18 months, including coordinated medical follow-up, individualized nutritional management adapted to the sociocultural context, a personalized physical activity program, and psychological support according to individual needs.
The structured multidisciplinary assessment involves general practitioners, endocrinologists-diabetologists, dietitians, psychologists and psychiatrists, with referral to organ specialists according to obesity-related comorbidities, including cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, rheumatology and stomatology.
Adapted physical activity interventions are supervised by sports medicine physicians or physiotherapists, with functional capacity assessment performed by rehabilitation specialists.
Participants randomized to G1b continue the structured obesity care pathway without initiation of pharmacological treatment with semaglutide as part of the study intervention.
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Structured care group (G1): Only participants in G1 will undergo the structured care pathway over 18 months.
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Comparador activo: G2: Non-structured care group
Participants in G2 receive usual, non-structured obesity care delivered independently of the OBESIAL structured care pathway and outside the study coordinating structure. Care is provided in comparable healthcare structures in order to reflect usual clinical practice while limiting differences related to the type or level of healthcare facility. The content of care is not standardized or imposed by the OBESIAL protocol and may vary according to local clinical practices, healthcare professionals' habits, available resources, treatment availability, and therapeutic options accessible within the participating healthcare structures The choice, combination, timing and intensity of these therapeutic options are not determined by the OBESIAL study team. Participants therefore remain under the usual care practices of their healthcare structure throughout the study follow-up, without receiving the standardized multidisciplinary structured care pathway implemented in G1. |
The content of care is not standardized or imposed by the OBESIAL protocol and may vary according to local clinical practices, healthcare professionals' habits, available resources, treatment availability, and therapeutic options accessible within the participating healthcare structures.
Usual care may include lifestyle and dietary management, physical activity advice or interventions, behavioral support, pharmacological treatment for obesity when clinically indicated and available, including GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy, and other therapeutic options for obesity according to usual clinical practice and individual patient characteristics.
Bariatric surgery may also be considered or performed when clinically indicated according to the usual care pathway of the healthcare structure.
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Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
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Percentage of Participants Achieving ≥5% Weight Loss at Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: 18 months follow-up
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Percentage of participants achieving a clinically significant weight loss of at least 5% of initial body weight after 18 months of follow-up, compared between participants receiving the structured multidisciplinary obesity care pathway (G1) and those receiving usual non-structured care (G2), under real-world clinical conditions in adults living with obesity in Algeria.
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18 months follow-up
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Proportion of participants achieving ≥5% weight loss from randomization baseline at Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: From Month 6 to Month 18
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Percentage of participants randomized to G1a or G1b who achieve a weight loss of at least 5% from body weight at the time of randomization (Month 6) to Month 18.
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From Month 6 to Month 18
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Proportion of participants achieving ≥10% weight loss from randomization baseline at Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: From Month 6 to Month 18
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Percentage of participants randomized to G1a or G1b who achieve a weight loss of at least 10% from body weight at the time of randomization (Month 6) to Month 18.
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From Month 6 to Month 18
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Proportion of participants achieving ≥15% weight loss from randomization baseline at Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: From Month 6 to Month 18
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Percentage of participants randomized to G1a or G1b who achieve a weight loss of at least 15% from body weight at the time of randomization (Month 6) to Month 18.
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From Month 6 to Month 18
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Baseline predictors of weight loss response to semaglutide at Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: From Month 6 to Month 18
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Association between baseline characteristics measured at Month 6 and weight loss response from Month 6 to Month 18 among participants randomized to G1a.
Weight loss response will be defined as achieving ≥5%, ≥10%, or ≥15% reduction in body weight from the randomization baseline.
Baseline characteristics will include age, sex, body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, body composition, glycemic parameters, lipid parameters, and obesity-related comorbidities.
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From Month 6 to Month 18
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Change in glycemic parameters from baseline to Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline (Month 0) to Month 18 for the G1 versus G2. Month 6 to Month 18 for the G1a versus G1b
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Changes in fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), measured in mmol/L and %, respectively, from baseline (Month 0) to Month 18, comparing participants receiving structured multidisciplinary obesity care (G1) with those receiving usual non-structured care (G2).
The evolution of these parameters from Month 6, corresponding to the randomization and initiation of semaglutide in G1a, to Month 18 will also be compared between G1a and G1b to assess the additional effect of semaglutide on glycemic parameters.
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Baseline (Month 0) to Month 18 for the G1 versus G2. Month 6 to Month 18 for the G1a versus G1b
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Change in lipid parameters from baseline to Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline (Month 0) to Month 18 for the G1 versus G2.Month 6 to Month 18 for the G1a versus G1b.
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Changes in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, measured in mmol/L, from baseline (Month 0) to Month 18, comparing participants receiving structured multidisciplinary obesity care (G1) with those receiving usual non-structured care (G2).
The evolution of these parameters from Month 6, corresponding to the randomization and initiation of semaglutide in G1a, to Month 18 will also be compared between G1a and G1b to assess the additional effect of semaglutide on lipid parameters
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Baseline (Month 0) to Month 18 for the G1 versus G2.Month 6 to Month 18 for the G1a versus G1b.
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Change in body composition from baseline to Month 18
Periodo de tiempo: Months 0, 6, 12, and 18; change from Month 0 to Month 18 for G1 versus G2 and from Month 6 to Month 18 for G1a versus G1b
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Changes in body fat percentage (%), visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area (cm²), and lean mass index (LMI) (kg/m²) from baseline (Month 0) to Month 18, comparing participants receiving structured multidisciplinary obesity care (G1) with those receiving usual non-structured care (G2).
Body composition will be assessed at Months 0, 6, 12, and 18 using bioelectrical impedance analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Changes in these parameters from Month 6, corresponding to randomization and initiation of semaglutide in G1a, to Month 18 will also be compared between G1a and G1b to assess the additional effect of semaglutide on body composition.
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Months 0, 6, 12, and 18; change from Month 0 to Month 18 for G1 versus G2 and from Month 6 to Month 18 for G1a versus G1b
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Mounira Chanegriha, Professor, University of health sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Algiers, Algeria
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
22 de enero de 2026
Finalización primaria (Estimado)
23 de enero de 2028
Finalización del estudio (Estimado)
23 de enero de 2028
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
11 de agosto de 2026
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
18 de agosto de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
21 de agosto de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
21 de agosto de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
18 de agosto de 2026
Última verificación
1 de agosto de 2026
Más información
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Otros números de identificación del estudio
- OBESIAL
- MCHA-MED-2026/01 (Otro identificador: Mother and Child hospital of the Army)
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Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
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