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Optimizing a Mobile Health Platform for Sleep Promotion and Obesity Prevention in Children

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) logo

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Obesity
Insufficient Sleep

Treatments

Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT05703347
1R01HD108243-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
22-019805

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall objective of this application is to develop a mobile health platform for the pediatric care setting to promote longer sleep duration for childhood obesity prevention.

Full description

Insufficient sleep duration is highly prevalent in childhood and is associated with incident obesity, especially among middle school-aged children. Investigators therefore need to identify strategies to increase sleep duration among children for obesity prevention. The overall objective of this application is to develop a mobile health platform for the pediatric care setting to promote longer sleep duration for childhood obesity prevention. This is a single-site study being conducted at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Investigators will randomize 325 children, aged 8-12y, with a body mass index (BMI) between the 50th-95th percentile, and who sleep <8.5 hours per night. Clinical measurements will be acquired at CHOP and sleep will be measured in the home setting. The Way to Health mobile platform will facilitate remote communication and data collection. A validated multi-channel sleep tracker will estimate sleep for 12-months (2-week run-in; 6-month intervention; ≈5.5-month follow-up). A randomized 24 factorial design will assess four components: sleep goal (fixed or modifiable), digital guidance (active or active with virtual study visit), parent incentive (inactive or active), and personalized feedback (inactive or active). The optimal component settings will have to meet the following criteria: increase average baseline sleep duration by ≥30 minutes for ≥75% of intervention weeks and for ≥50% of follow-up weeks. Fat mass will be measured at baseline, 6-, and 12-months using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Total energy intake and the timing and composition of meals will be measured using 24-hour dietary recalls at baseline, 6-, and 12-months. Sociodemographic data will be measured using self-report approaches (e.g., sex, race/ethnicity) and home addresses will be geocoded for geo-spatial analyses.

Enrollment

5,000 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

8 to 12 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. Aged 8-12 years olds.
  2. Insufficient sleep duration (<8.5 hours per night).
  3. Body mass index (BMI) between the 50th and 95th percentile for age and sex.
  4. One child per family.

Exclusion criteria

  1. Diagnosed with a chronic disease.
  2. Diagnosed with a behavioral health problem.
  3. Diagnosed with a condition that can impact sleep or growth.
  4. Diagnosed with a condition affecting physical growth and maturation or dietary intake.
  5. Children with a history of cancer, kidney, GI, musculoskeletal, or sleep disorders.
  6. Children who will transition to high-school during the study.
  7. Children using steroids/hormones.
  8. Children regularly taking medications

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

5,000 participants in 16 patient groups

Condition 1
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Condition 2
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Condition 3
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Condition 4
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Condition 5
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Condition 6
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Condition 7
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Condition 8
Active Comparator group
Description:
Fixed guideline-based sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Fixed sleep goal
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Condition 9
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 10
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 11
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 12
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging without virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 13
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 14
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Inactive caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Active supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Inactive Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 15
Active Comparator group
Description:
Personalized sleep goal, Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit consultation, Active caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Inactive supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Inactive Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal
Condition 16
Experimental group
Description:
Core intervention, Sleep goal, Sleep guidance messaging, Caregiver-directed loss-framed incentive, Supportive feedback.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Digital sleep health messaging with virtual study visit
Behavioral: Active Supportive Feedback
Behavioral: Active Parent-Directed Loss-Framed Incentive
Behavioral: Personalized sleep goal

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Abby Salem; Jonathan Mitchell, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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