Obesity Treatment in a Managed Care Setting

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weight Loss; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Mail-based weight loss intervention; Behavioral: Phone-based weight loss intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00062985

OBMANC (completed)

R01DK053826 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two different delivery formats for weight management in a managed care setting. Mail-based weight counseling and phone-based weight counseling will be compared to each other and a control condition. Primary outcomes are participation rates in programs, weight change, and cost.

Enrollment: 1,801 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• at least 18 years of age
• BMI ≥ 27.8 kg/m2 for men
• BMI ≥ 27.3 kg/m2 for non-pregnant or lactating women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,801 participants in 3 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Mail-based weight loss intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mail-based weight loss intervention

Telephone-based weight loss intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Phone-based weight loss intervention