SHARE Study 4: Financial Incentives for Weight Loss

Lifespan

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Online weight loss + incentives for behavior 3 months; Behavioral: Online weight loss + Incentives for behavior 12 months; Behavioral: Online weight loss + incentives for weight loss at month 3; Behavioral: Online weight loss + Incentives for weight loss 12 months

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02008474

211699-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine different types of monetary incentive paradigms for weight loss.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI >=25kg/m2
• English speaking
• Age 18-70

Exclusion criteria

• Health problems that make weight loss or unsupervised exercise unsafe
• Current pregnancy or plan to become pregnant int he next 12 months
• Planned relocation
• Current participation in weight loss research study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 4 patient groups

Online weight loss + Incentives for behavior 3 months

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online weight loss + incentives for behavior 3 months

Online weight loss + Incentives for weight loss 3 months

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online weight loss + incentives for weight loss at month 3

Online weight loss + Incentives for behavior 12 months

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online weight loss + Incentives for behavior 12 months

Online weight loss + Incentives for weight loss 12 months

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online weight loss + Incentives for weight loss 12 months