Awareness, Care & Treatment In Obesity Management - An Observation in Mainland China (ACTION China)

Novo Nordisk

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: no treatment given

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05428501

U1111-1266-4279 (Other Identifier)

DAS-004

Details and patient eligibility

About

ACTION China is a cross-sectional, observational, descriptive, and exploratory survey-based study without collection of laboratory data. The study is not related to any specific treatment options or pharmaceutical product. Collection of data will be performed via quantitative online survey by a third-party vendor.

The goal of this study is to provide insights to drive awareness around the needs of People Living with Obesity (PLwO) and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) involved in obesity treatment and management.

Enrollment: 8,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

PLwO:

1. Informed consent obtained before any study-related activities (study-related activities are any procedure related to recording of data according to the protocol).
2. Male or female, aged above or equal to 18 years at the time of signing informed consent
3. Lives in mainland China and is native Chinese
4. Current BMI based on self-reported height and weight of at least 28 kg/m^2 as per mainland China definition of obesity(16) (calculated using an algorithm within the survey instrument)

HCPs:

1. Informed consent obtained before any study related activities (study-related activities are any procedure related to recording/collection of data according to the protocol)
2. Male or female, aged greather than or equal to18 years at the time of signing informed consent.
3. Physician with a license to practice
4. Specialty is not surgeon (including general, bariatric or plastic surgeon)
5. Practices in mainland China with at least 5 years in clinical practice
6. Spends at least 50% of time in direct patient care (as opposed to surgical procedures, office procedures or research/administrative tasks)
7. Has seen at least 100 patients in the past month
8. Has seen at least 10 patients needing weight management (defined as a patient with a BMI greather than or equal to28 kg/m^2 with or without comorbidities) in the past month

Exclusion criteria

PLwO

1. Previous participation in this study. Participation is defined as having given online consent in this study 2. Currently pregnant 3. Participates in intense fitness or body building programs 4. Has had significant, unintentional weight loss (due to major injury, illness, etc) in the past 6 months 5. Mental incapacity, unwillingness or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation HCPs

2. Previous participation in this study. Participation is defined as having given informed consent in this study.

3. Unwillingness, inability, or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation

Trial design

8,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Person Living with Obesity (PLwO)

Description:

PLwO recruited via online platforms or face-to-face channels

Treatment:

Other: no treatment given

Health Care Professionals (HCPs)

Description:

HCPs treating people who have obesity

Treatment:

Other: no treatment given