Real-world Exploration of Digital iNnovation in the Management of Excess Weight (RENEW)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Digital Weight Management Programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07283978

351778

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a real-world study. The purpose of this research is to explore whether a new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)-approved digital weight-management model of care can improve health service delivery and address the Quintuple Aim of Healthcare (health outcomes, cost, patient and clinician experience, and health inequalities), for individuals living with obesity accessing National Health Service (NHS) Tier 3 weight-management services.

Enrollment: 580 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Referred to South east London Tier 3 weight management pathway by their GP
• Accepted by the GSTT Tier 3 weight management service

Exclusion criteria

• Participants is Group A cannot participate in Group B
• Do not have use of a smartphone
• Do not read, write, or speak English
• Are unable and/or unwilling to provide informed consent
• Have a diagnosis of an eating disorder
• Have had bariatric surgery
• Currently have deranged thyroid function tests (required as part of normal referral process)
• Have type-1 diabetes
• Are on insulin or sulfonylureas at high risk of hypoglycaemia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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580 participants in 4 patient groups

Group A Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Study participants who receive 12 months of digital weight management services delivered through a smartphone app.

Treatment:

Other: Digital Weight Management Programme

Group B Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Study participants who receive 12 months of digital weight management services delivered through a smartphone app

Treatment:

Other: Digital Weight Management Programme

Group A Controls

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients who receive standard of care weight management services

Group B Controls

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients who receive standard of care service after discharge from standard of care weight management services