Cost-effectiveness of Family Based Pediatric Obesity Treatment

NCT00717132 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Cost-effectivenessA-45270
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To determine the cost effectiveness of treating the child alone and parent alone to traditional family-based method of obesity treatment. It is hypothesized that a family-based approach will be more cost effective, and will support the savings and effectiveness of treating multiple family members together.

Conditions

Weight Change; Quality of Life

Keywords

weight; cost effectiveness; obesity; family based behavioral treatment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Standardized BMI

  The formula is BMI = kg/m2 where kg is a person's weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in metres squared. Children's BMI also accounts for age and sex.

  baseline, 6 months, 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• change in quality adjusted life years (QALY)

  baseline, 6 months, 12 months

Study Arms (2)

Individual Behavioral Modification

EXPERIMENTAL

Individual behavioral weight control treatment; parent and child are treated separately for 15 total sessions.

Behavioral: Individual Behavior Modification

Family-based Behavioral Modification

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Family-based behavioral weight control treatment; parent and child are treated together for 15 total sessions.

Behavioral: Family-based behavior modification

Interventions

Individual Behavior Modification BEHAVIORAL

Individual behavioral treatment for obesity. Children and parents meeting individually for 15 total behavioral modification intervention sessions.

Individual Behavioral Modification

Family-based behavior modification BEHAVIORAL

Family-base behavior treatment for obesity. Children and parents meeting together for 15 total behavioral modification intervention sessions.

Family-based Behavioral Modification

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Overweight child and parent in each family

You may not qualify if:

• The parent and child must have no dietary or activity limitations that would preclude making the requested behavior changes; no current psychiatric problems and no history of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. Families with a first degree relative with any of the mentioned eating disorders will also be excluded. The participating child must be able to read at a 3rd grade level and demonstrate the ability to maintain diet and activity records in a simulated recording interview. Both parent and child must be able to read the English language well enough to understand the consent and assent forms.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• State University of New York at Buffalo: lead
• Healthnow: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

SUNY @ Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, 14214, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Body Weight Changes; Body Weight; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Leonard H Epstein, PhD

  SUNY @ Buffalo

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Leonard H. Epstein, Ph.D.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 10, 2008
• First Posted: July 16, 2008
• Study Start: October 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2009
• Study Completion: November 1, 2009
• Last Updated: May 16, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

US (1)