Status:
COMPLETED
GoalTracker: Comparing Self-Monitoring Strategies for Weight Loss
Lead Sponsor:
Duke University
Conditions:
Obesity
Overweight
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is a randomized controlled trial that compares 3 self-monitoring approaches for weight loss. GoalTracker is a standalone, technology-based intervention using a commercial smartphone app (My...
Detailed Description
This study will examine whether a digital health intervention (GoalTracker) can promote weight loss among adults who are overweight or obese. Engagement in self-monitoring often declines over time, wh...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ages 21-65 years old
- Body Mass Index (BMI) 25-45 kg/m2
- interested in losing weight through dietary change
- current use of iPhone or Android smartphone
- current use of email address
- has daily access to a bathroom scale
- no recent weight loss (≥10 lbs) in the past 6 months
- able to read and write in English
- able to attend 3 in-person evaluation visits at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina over a 3-month period
Exclusion
- current participation in another weight loss treatment
- currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant within study period, or \< 1 year post-partum
- history of cardiovascular event, eating disorder, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, cancer, end stage renal disease
- current uncontrolled hypertension
- use of the MyFitnessPal app to track food in the past 6 months
- Former or planned bariatric surgery
- current use of medication (e.g., lithium, steroids, anti-psychotics)
- use of weight loss medication in past 6 months
- profound cognitive, developmental, or psychiatric disorders or recent hospitalization in a psychiatric facility
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 19 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 2 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
105 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03254953
Start Date
April 19 2017
End Date
March 2 2018
Last Update
April 25 2018
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705