Intervention to Reduce Bisphenol A Exposure in Women

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Environmental Exposure

Treatments: Behavioral: Email Only; Behavioral: Face-to-Face Meetings

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03440307

Cal Poly 11/12/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a 3-week intervention reduces urinary Bisphenol A (BPA) in women with obesity

Full description

The purpose of this study is reduce BPA exposure in women. The intervention is rooted in social cognitive theory, and is applied to environmental health.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI >29.9
• Age 18-50 years
• Non-smoking
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• History of infertility
• Type 2 or Type 1 diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease, or any other metabolic disease/complication
• History of major psychiatric illness, drug abuse, or unsafe dieting practices
• History of bariatric surgery
• Pregnant women or women expecting or trying to become pregnant
• Participating in other studies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Email Only

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants received weekly email about health and fitness education. No face-to-face intervention, and not provided any other information about bisphenol exposure.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Email Only

Face-to-Face Meetings

Experimental group

Description:

Participants met with a counselor once per week for 3-weeks to reduce bisphenol exposure. Intervention included same weekly email about health and fitness education as Email only group, and a weekly face-to-face meetings to reduce bisphenol exposures from food, cosmetics, and packaged products. Women provided with bisphenol-free cosmetics, hygiene, and glass food/water containers.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Face-to-Face Meetings