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Family & Friends - the Significance of a Significant Other in Treatment

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01238354
First received: November 9, 2010
Last updated: April 24, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
History of Changes

November 9, 2010
April 24, 2013
November 2010
December 2013   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Maintenance of weight loss [ Time Frame: 2 years after termination of programme ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Family & Friends - the Significance of a Significant Other in Treatment
Conservative Treatment of Obesity at Røros Rehabilitation Centre - A Randomised Trial

This study focuses on the difficulties to maintain a weight loss and behavioural change after having been in a institutional intermittent weight loss programme.

We explore if including a member of the family or a close friend in the treatment influences weight loss maintenance after completion of the programme.
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Interventional
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Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Obesity
  • Behavioral: With friend
  • Behavioral: Without friend
  • Active Comparator: Without friend
    Being in the weight loss programme without friend or family member
    Intervention: Behavioral: Without friend
  • Experimental: With friend
    Having the friend or family member stay together with the patient for 2-3 days for every 3 week stay at the clinic in the weight loss programme
    Intervention: Behavioral: With friend
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Active, not recruiting
80
December 2014
December 2013   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Morbid obesity
  • 18-50 years of age
  • Having a relative or close friend who is willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Serious mental illness
  • Severe overeating behaviour
  • Significant reduced physical functioning
  • Having undergone bariatric surgery earlier
  • Serious heart disease
Both
18 Years to 50 Years
No
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Norway
 
NCT01238354
RSSO-2010/2, REK 2010/698
No
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Principal Investigator: Bård Kulseng, PhD Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
April 2013

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