Status:
COMPLETED
Study to Promote Physical Activity Among Overweight Persons
Lead Sponsor:
Stanford University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Cholestech Corporation
Conditions:
Overweight
Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-69 years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Recent research suggests that overweight persons who are physically active may be significantly less likely to develop health complications and less likely to die early when compared even with lean pe...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic evidence suggests that overweight persons who engage in modest amounts of physical activity - even that insufficient to produce or maintain weight loss - are at significantly ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI 25-45
- not regularly physically active by staging algorithm (Norman et al,1998)
- AHA/ACSM risk class A1-A3 apparently healthy with no contraindications to medically unsupervised physical activity
- physician consent
Exclusion
- BMI\<25; BMI\>45
- regularly physically active by staging algorithm (Norman et al,1998)
- AHA/ACSM risk class B or C contraindication for medically unsupervised physical activity
- physician will not consent
- diagnosis of dementia, psychotic disorder
- legal guardian or conservator appointed
- anorexia
- bulimia
- live more than one hour commute from Stanford
- no reliable means of transportation to scheduled appointments at Stanford
- unable to followup for duration of study period as result of planned move
- female and sexually active without birth control or planning to become pregnant
- unable to read and write in English
- friend or family member of enrolled participant
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
June 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00313040
Start Date
March 1 2004
End Date
June 1 2006
Last Update
June 10 2011
Active Locations (1)
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1
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5722