Experience Success: Virtual Reality Skills Training to Enhance e-Weight Loss
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The aim of this Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer grant is to complete development of a virtual reality intervention to augment and improve commercial Internet-delivered behavioral weight loss treatments, and to test it in a randomized controlled trial.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jul 2016
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
July 1, 2016
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 14, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 18, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2017
CompletedJuly 19, 2016
July 1, 2016
1 year
July 14, 2016
July 18, 2016
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Weight loss
3 months after beginning treatment
Weight loss
6 months after beginning treatment
Study Arms (2)
Weight Watchers Online
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants will receive 6 months of no-cost access to the Weight Watchers Online platform.
Weight Watchers Online + Experience Success
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive 6 months of no-cost access to the Weight Watchers Online platform. They will also receive 6 months of no-cost access to the Experience Success online platform, with 4 virtual reality scenarios for training in behavioral weight loss skills.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- body mass index (BMI) 25-45 kg/m\^2
- English speaking and literate
- able to walk 2 blocks unassisted without stopping
- access to a computer and the Internet
You may not qualify if:
- report of a heart condition, chest pain during periods of activity or rest, or loss of consciousness
- a medical condition that would affect the safety and/or efficacy of a weight management program involving diet and physical activity
- report of a condition that in the judgment of the Principal Investigator would render the participant potentially unlikely to be able to follow the study protocol for 6 months, including terminal illness, substance abuse, eating disorder, dementia, or other significant uncontrolled psychiatric problem
- currently pregnant, within 6-months postpartum, or intend to become pregnant within 6 months
- plan to move out of the local geographic area within 6 months
- previous participation in a weight loss study at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center of Brown University and The Miriam Hospital within the last 2 years
- current participation in another behavioral weight control program
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- The Miriam Hospitallead
- Virtually Better, Inc.collaborator
Study Sites (1)
The Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 14, 2016
First Posted
July 18, 2016
Study Start
July 1, 2016
Primary Completion
July 1, 2017
Study Completion
July 1, 2017
Last Updated
July 19, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-07