MPOWERed Messages: Tailored Mobile Messages to Enhance Weight Loss for Teens
Novel Individually Tailored Mobile Messages to Enhance Weight Loss for Teens
2 other identifiers
interventional
50
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Obesity affects millions of American children and increases their risk of adult obesity, a myriad of serious illnesses, increased healthcare costs, and premature death. It is vital to find ways to reverse this epidemic. Multidisciplinary behavioral weight management programs offer the promise of effectively treating childhood obesity. However, participants in such programs often find it challenging to follow recommended treatment plans and frequently drop out from programs without completing them. The proposed project aims to address these problems through frequent contact with patients between office visits. This interim contact will be achieved by automatically sending tailored messages to the mobile phones of adolescents enrolled in a multidisciplinary weight management program (the MPOWER program), as an adjunct to clinic visits. The investigators hypothesize that program participants who receive the tailored text messages will experience lower attrition rates, increased treatment adherence, and greater weight loss compared to those program participants who do not receive the messages.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable obesity
Started Oct 2011
Longer than P75 for not_applicable obesity
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 5, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 7, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2015
CompletedDecember 21, 2016
December 1, 2016
4 years
October 5, 2011
December 20, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
Session attendance
Over the course of 6 months
Adherence to MPOWER program homework assignments
Over the course of 6 months
Satisfaction with the MPOWER program
At the completion of 3 months and 6 months in the program
Drop out
Prior to completion of the 6 month program
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Change in body mass index
After 3 months and 6 months in the MPOWER program
Objective measurement of daily participation in moderate to vigorous activity
After 3 months and 6 months in the MPOWER program
Self-efficacy for achieving MPOWER recommendations for the 6 target behaviors
After 3 months and 6 months in the MPOWER program6 month
Intrinsic motivation to increase intake of fruits and vegetables and to increase physical activity
After 3 months and 6 months in the MPOWER program
Change in self-report of the six behaviors targeted in the intervention
After 3 months and 6 months in the MPOWER program
Study Arms (2)
Text Messaging
EXPERIMENTALControl
NO INTERVENTIONParticipation in the MPOWER program without receiving tailored text messages
Interventions
For this trial adolescents will be allowed to use their own phone (with reimbursement for any study-related costs), or will be provided with a mobile phone, if requested. Participants will receive messages delivered daily over the course of 20 weeks. The content of the messages will be tailored on participants' responses to the MPOWER enrollment survey and the initial tailoring questionnaire. On school days, all messages will be sent after 3 pm (which is after school hours for most Michigan middle and high schools). Therefore, patients will not need to carry cell phones to school. The tailored messages will utilize various degrees of personalization, adaptation and feedback - including momentary assessments with feedback requiring a text reply from the adolescents.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- BMI ≥ 95th percentile for sex and age according to CDC growth charts
- Enrollment in the MPOWER program
- At least one parent willing and able to participate in the MPOWER program with the adolescent
- Absence of any major medical illness, disability, or moderate/severe mental disorder (e.g., liver disease, renal failure, cancer, bipolar disorder)
You may not qualify if:
- Presence of any major medical illness, disability, or moderate/severe mental disorder (e.g., renal failure, cancer, bipolar disorder)
- Physical, mental, or cognitive handicaps that prevent participation
- Chronic use of medications that may affect study outcomes (e.g., Diuretics, oral steroids)
- Girls who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months, lactating, or within 6 months postpartum
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Susan J Woolford, MD, MPH
University of Michigan
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 5, 2011
First Posted
October 7, 2011
Study Start
October 1, 2011
Primary Completion
October 1, 2015
Study Completion
October 1, 2015
Last Updated
December 21, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-12