Text4Diet: A Text Messaging Program for Weight Loss
Text4Diet
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interventional
170
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of the present RCT is to evaluate a 12-month SMS intervention with expanded content, intervention strategies and interactive database logic, novel online enrollment, and automatic baseline scoring of measures to support a 12 month weight loss SMS intervention. The investigators hypothesized that the intervention group would have greater weight loss at 6 and 12 months than the control group and increased adherence to SMS would be associated with greater weight loss at 6 and 12 months.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2010
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
September 1, 2010
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 3, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 5, 2012
CompletedApril 5, 2012
April 1, 2012
1.3 years
April 3, 2012
April 4, 2012
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Weight
We will assess the difference in weight loss between the intervention and the control group at 6 months and 12 months.
6 months, 12 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Pedometer Steps/Day
6 months, 12 months
Adherence
6 months, 12 months
Treatment Satisfaction
6 months and 12 months
Study Arms (2)
Control
NO INTERVENTIONText Messaging
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in the intervention group will receive on average 4 texts per day consisting of weight related behavioral recommendations, knowledge based questions, and prompts to promote physical activity and weight monitoring. Texts are interactive and personally relevant based upon a baseline questionnaire.
Interventions
Participants in the intervention group will receive on average 4 texts per day consisting of weight related behavioral recommendations, knowledge based questions, and prompts to promote physical activity and weight monitoring. Texts are interactive and personally relevant based upon a baseline questionnaire.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- age: 21 to 65 years
- overweight or obese status: BMI between 25.0 and 39.9
- regular access to the Internet
- own and regularly use a cell phone and know how to use SMS
- ability to read and speak English
- ability to participate in moderate PA.
You may not qualify if:
- current pregnancy or the intention of becoming pregnant during the 12 month trial
- moving out of the country during the 12 month trial
- current eating disorder
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Santech, Inclead
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)collaborator
Study Sites (1)
Santech, Inc.
San Diego, California, 92121, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Jennifer Shapiro, PhD
Santech, Inc
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Scientific Director
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 3, 2012
First Posted
April 5, 2012
Study Start
September 1, 2010
Primary Completion
January 1, 2012
Study Completion
January 1, 2012
Last Updated
April 5, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-04