The Effect of Lifestyle Treatment in Patients With Morbid Obesity (LIFETIME)

Sykehuset i Vestfold HF

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Leg Strength; Life of Quality; Eating Behavior; Physical Capacity

Treatments: Other: Lifestyle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03593148

LIFETIME

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of lifestyle treatment on physical capacity, maximal strength, eating behavior and quality of life in patients with morbid obesity (LIFETIME)

Full description

In this study, the investigators will investigate whether more intensive day-based lifestyle treatment process have a better effect on weight loss and health-related quality of life than a previous treatment. Investigators also want to investigate whether patients with good physical capacity (maximal oxygen uptake) and bone strength (maximum bone strength) before initiating treatment and / or after 3 and 6 months intensive training may have greater weight loss 1 and 2 years after treatment than patients with lower physical capacity and bone strength.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Treatment seeking morbidly obese patients (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 or BMI 35 to 39.9 kg/m2 with ≥ 1 co morbidity) attending the Vestfold Hospital Trust.

Exclusion criteria

• Uncompensated heart failure
• Recent myocardial infarction or stroke (<½ years)
• Severe arrhythmia or heart failure
• Unstable angina pectoris
• Renal failure
• Pregnancy
• Severe eating disorders
• Active substance abuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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600 participants in 1 patient group

Lifestyle treatment

Other group

Description:

Patients will be included in the Lifestyle treatment that is a existing treatment program at Vestfold Hospital Trust.

Treatment:

Other: Lifestyle