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Drinking Water to Reach or Maintain a Healthier Weight
Drinking Water To Prevent or Reduce Weight Gain - An Online Randomized Controlled Trial With Adult Participants
1 other identifier
interventional
N/A
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out if drinking extra water helps people lose or maintain weight loss and reduce hunger and, if so, what volume of water is most effective and when is it best to drink it.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
Started Jan 2019
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable obesity
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 6, 2015
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 1, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 1, 2019
CompletedMarch 23, 2021
March 1, 2021
7 months
January 1, 2015
March 19, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Weight loss or maintenance recorded online using participant reported outcome measures(PROMS)
Weight loss or maintenance recorded online using participant reported outcome measures(PROMS). Participants will be asked to record weight using a supplied body mass index calculator and home weight scales weekly or as a minimum at baseline and close of study
6 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Hunger intensity and satiety recorded online using participant reported outcome measures(PROMS)
6 months
Well-being as measured by The PROMIS Well-being measure
6 months
Nightly micturition frequency as measured by self report
6 months
Study Arms (4)
Daily extra water intake 2L
EXPERIMENTALTiming of daily extra water intake intervention-A: extra water intake: 8 8oz glasses of water a day (2L) - 2 first thing in the morning before breakfast, 2 before midday or midday meal, 2 before afternoon meal and 2 before evening meal. Intervention-B: Drink extra water at anytime over 24 hours
Daily extra water intake 1L
EXPERIMENTALTiming of daily extra water intake Intervention-A: 4 8oz glasses of water a day (1L) - 1 first thing in the morning before breakfast, 1 before midday or midday meal, 1 before afternoon meal and 1 before evening meal. Intervention-B: Drink extra water at anytime over 24 hours
Daily extra water intake 500ml
EXPERIMENTALTiming of daily extra water intake Intervention-A: 2 8oz glasses of water a day (500ml) - each half an hour before a meals. Intervention-B: Drink extra water at anytime over 24 hours
Daily extra water intake 120ml
EXPERIMENTALTiming of daily extra water intake Intervention-A: 1/2 a glass of water on waking (120ml). If you forget to drink your water first thing, do not drink it later in the day, just skip this day and drink ½ a glass the next day on waking. Intervention-B: Drink extra water at anytime over 24 hours
Interventions
Intervention-A: Timing of assigned daily extra water intake specified Intervention-B: Daily extra water assigned at any time during 24 hour period
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Any adult (defined as someone aged 18 or above) for who advice to drink extra water is not contraindicated.
You may not qualify if:
- General:
- \< 18 years of age
- No personal email address
- Pregnancy
- Ecstasy recreational drug use
- Health conditions:
- Impaired renal function
- Chronic bowel problems
- Low sodium levels
- Diabetes insipidus
- Schizophrenia or history of psychosis
- Congestive heart failure
- Current chemotherapy treatment
- Anorexia
- bulimia
- +8 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- ThinkWelllead
Study Sites (1)
ThinkWell and City University London
Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DN, United Kingdom
Related Publications (2)
1 Price A, Burls A, Spurden D, et al. Water intake for weight reduction: a Systematic Review. PROSPERO. 2013.http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42013004998
BACKGROUND1 Price A, Burls A. PLOT-IT Public Led Online Trials Infrastructure and Tools. In: Force 2015. Oxford UK: : Force2015 2015. doi:DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1992.6082
BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Amanda J Burls, MD
ThinkWell and City University London
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Martin Cartwright, PhD
City, University of London
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 1, 2015
First Posted
January 6, 2015
Study Start
January 1, 2019
Primary Completion
August 1, 2019
Study Completion
November 1, 2019
Last Updated
March 23, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-03