ObesityREPACENCT02186379
Eating RePace Study
A study testing RePace Intervention in people with Obesity and Rapid Eating Style, run by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The aims of this study are to develop a novel family-based behavioral intervention (Re-Pace) to help children at risk for obesity (children who eat rapidly and have an overweight parent/legal guardian) develop a more normal eating rate. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 4 to 7 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Obesity, Rapid Eating Style
- What is being tested?
- RePace Intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 28 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Nov 2012to Oct 2014
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 4 to 7 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Children:
- Males or females 4 to 7 years of age.
- Participants (the children) have a body mass index (BMI) for age and sex between the 65th-<96th percentile (thus, the children will not have a BMI at the 97th percentile or more).
- Parental/guardian permission (informed consent).
- Have an overweight or obese participating parent/guardian with a BMI of > 27 kg/m2
- Increased child eating rate as reported on the questionnaire (Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire) by the parent/guardian
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- Parents:
- Parent/legal guardian of subject.
- Age 21 years and above.
- Have a BMI of > 27 kg/m2.
Who cannot join
- Children:
- Children who have any developmental, medical, or psychiatric condition which might affect study compliance, as described by parental (caregiver) report.
- Children who have serious medical conditions or use of medications (e.g., chronic oral steroids, antipsychotic medications) known to affect food intake or body weight, as described by parental report.
- Children who have food allergies which may influence consumption of test foods, as reported by the parent; any child with reported peanut allergy.
- Parents/guardians or subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures.
- Parents:
- Parents/guardians who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
About this study
Official title: Eating Pace Retraining in Childhood Obesity Prevention
The aims of this study are to develop a novel family-based behavioral intervention (Re-Pace) to help children at risk for obesity (children who eat rapidly and have an overweight parent/legal guardian) develop a more normal eating rate.
Read the detailed description
Childhood obesity is one of nation's foremost public health epidemics, for which more potent and enduring prevention interventions are needed. The goal of this program of research is to study novel methods which may help to prevent childhood obesity. The purpose of this randomized, controlled pilot study is to retrain children at risk for obesity (4-7 years of age in the 65th - <96th BMI percentile for age and sex, who have rapid eating and an obese participating parent/legal guardian [ N = 15]) to reduce their rate of eating (mouthfuls/minute) during a laboratory test meal, compared with participants in usual care control condition (UCC),which receives a brief educational intervention to promote healthy eating after the final assessment) (N=15). Between group change scores in mouthfuls/min (baseline Lab meal 1 to Lab meal 2) will be assessed. The investigators hypothesize that the children in the Re-Pace group will have a greater reduction in the rate of eating (mouthfuls of food/min) from baseline to week 6, compared to those in the UCC group.
As the sample size is relatively small, the aim is to develop an "effect size estimation," i.e., to generate an effect size that will be used to power an extramural grant application. Specifically, the investigators will generate Cohen's D as the effect size estimate, which is calculated as the difference in the group means divided by the pooled standard deviation. Cohen's D is an established quantitative measure for effect size estimation and informing power analysis for study design.
In addition, this study's objective is to develop and pilot a novel family-based eating behavior program for a prevention intervention in at risk children.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Rapid Eating Style
- Being tested
- RePace Intervention, Usual Care Control
- Keywords
- Obesity, Obesity Prevention, Childhood obesity prevention, Rapid Eating Style
- Medical subject headings
- Obesity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
RePace InterventionBehavioural
The Re-Pace intervention will provide children and parents/caregivers training in strategies to promote slower eating pace and greater awareness of satiety levels. These skill building strategies can be classified as follows: 1) learning to slow eating rate, 2) awareness-raising activities; 3) role play activities; 4) self-monitoring training; 5) goal setting challenges; and 6) parent training. A core strategy for achieving slower eating pace and improved satiety will be to increase fruit and vegetable intake to meet United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines (www.myplate.gov). There are 5 intervention visits lasting about 1 to 1.25 hours each. See Section 4.3.1 for more details of the Re-Pace intervention.
Usual Care ControlBehavioural
Following the second test meal session, parents and children will receive a brief (25 minute) instruction on healthy eating using materials from www.ChooseMyPlate.gov site, including "What's on Your Plate" and "My Plate for Kids" mini-posters.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| RePace Intervention Group | Experimental | Re-Pace intervention-five weekly intervention sessions lasting about 1 hour each.
Lab Test Meal-2 test meals 6-8 weeks apart. Receives: Behavioral: RePace Intervention |
| Usual Care Control Group | Active comparator | One 25 minute education session (week 6) 2 lab test meals 6-8 weeks apart (baseline and week 6) Receives: Behavioral: Usual Care Control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Reduction of eating rate (mouthfuls/min)
The purpose of this randomized, controlled pilot study is to retrain children at risk for obesity (4-7 years of age in the 65th - <96th BMI percentile for age and sex, who have rapid eating and an obese participating parent/legal guardian [ N = 15]) to reduce their rate of eating (mouthfuls/minute) during a laboratory test meal, compared with participants in usual care control condition (UCC),which receives a brief educational intervention to promote healthy eating after the final assessment) (N=15). Between group change scores in mouthfuls/min (baseline Lab meal 1 to Lab meal 2) will be assessed. We hypothesize that the children in the Re-Pace group will have a greater reduction in the rate of eating (mouthfuls of food/min) from baseline to week 6, compared to those in the UCC group.
Measured: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes (1)
Reduction of food consumption
Reduce the rate of food consumption (kcal/min) and total kcal intake during the test meals (baseline Lab Meal 1 to Lab Meal 2). We also aim for participants to consume more fruits and vegetables during the test meal (baseline to week 6).
Measured: 6 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Jul 2014 (estimated)
- Study startNov 2012
- Primary completionOct 2014
- Study completionOct 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for ObesityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 28 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Robert I Berkowitz, MD, Principal investigator, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02186379
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 12-009540
- Acronym
- REPACE
- Status last verified
- Apr 2015
- First submitted
- 8 Jul 2014
- Last updated
- 24 Apr 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Faith MS, Diewald LK, Crabbe S, Burgess B, Berkowitz RI. Reduced Eating Pace (RePace) Behavioral Intervention for Children Prone to or with Obesity: Does the Turtle Win the Race? Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Jan;27(1):121-129. doi: 10.1002/oby.22329. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
PubMed 30515992
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Apr 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Eating Pace Retraining in Childhood Obesity Prevention
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02186379
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- REPACE / 12-009540
- Conditions
- Obesity, Rapid Eating Style
- Keywords
- Obesity, Obesity Prevention, Childhood obesity prevention, Rapid Eating Style
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 28 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Nov 2012
- Primary completion
- Oct 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Oct 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 10 Jul 2014 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aims of this study are to develop a novel family-based behavioral intervention (Re-Pace) to help children at risk for obesity (children who eat rapidly and have an overweight parent/legal guardian) develop a more normal eating rate.
Detailed description
Childhood obesity is one of nation's foremost public health epidemics, for which more potent and enduring prevention interventions are needed. The goal of this program of research is to study novel methods which may help to prevent childhood obesity. The purpose of this randomized, controlled pilot study is to retrain children at risk for obesity (4-7 years of age in the 65th - <96th BMI percentile for age and sex, who have rapid eating and an obese participating parent/legal guardian [ N = 15]) to reduce their rate of eating (mouthfuls/minute) during a laboratory test meal, compared with participants in usual care control condition (UCC),which receives a brief educational intervention to promote healthy eating after the final assessment) (N=15). Between group change scores in mouthfuls/min (baseline Lab meal 1 to Lab meal 2) will be assessed. The investigators hypothesize that the children in the Re-Pace group will have a greater reduction in the rate of eating (mouthfuls of food/min) from baseline to week 6, compared to those in the UCC group.
As the sample size is relatively small, the aim is to develop an "effect size estimation," i.e., to generate an effect size that will be used to power an extramural grant application. Specifically, the investigators will generate Cohen's D as the effect size estimate, which is calculated as the difference in the group means divided by the pooled standard deviation. Cohen's D is an established quantitative measure for effect size estimation and informing power analysis for study design.
In addition, this study's objective is to develop and pilot a novel family-based eating behavior program for a prevention intervention in at risk children.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| RePace Intervention Group | Experimental | Behavioral: RePace InterventionRe-Pace intervention-five weekly intervention sessions lasting about 1 hour each. Lab Test Meal-2 test meals 6-8 weeks apart. |
| Usual Care Control Group | Active comparator | Behavioral: Usual Care ControlOne 25 minute education session (week 6) 2 lab test meals 6-8 weeks apart (baseline and week 6) |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 4 to 7 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Males or females 4 to 7 years of age.
- Participants (the children) have a body mass index (BMI) for age and sex between the 65th-<96th percentile (thus, the children will not have a BMI at the 97th percentile or more).
- Parental/guardian permission (informed consent).
- Have an overweight or obese participating parent/guardian with a BMI of > 27 kg/m2
- Increased child eating rate as reported on the questionnaire (Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire) by the parent/guardian
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Children who have any developmental, medical, or psychiatric condition which might affect study compliance, as described by parental (caregiver) report.
- Children who have serious medical conditions or use of medications (e.g., chronic oral steroids, antipsychotic medications) known to affect food intake or body weight, as described by parental report.
- Children who have food allergies which may influence consumption of test foods, as reported by the parent; any child with reported peanut allergy.
- Parents/guardians or subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures.
- Parents/guardians who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| RePace InterventionThe Re-Pace intervention will provide children and parents/caregivers training in strategies to promote slower eating pace and greater awareness of satiety levels. These skill building strategies can be classified as follows: 1) learning to slow eating rate, 2) awareness-raising activities; 3) role play activities; 4) self-monitoring training; 5) goal setting challenges; and 6) parent training. A core strategy for achieving slower eating pace and improved satiety will be to increase fruit and vegetable intake to meet United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines (www.myplate.gov). There are 5 intervention visits lasting about 1 to 1.25 hours each. See Section 4.3.1 for more details of the Re-Pace intervention. | Behavioural | RePace Intervention Group |
| Usual Care ControlFollowing the second test meal session, parents and children will receive a brief (25 minute) instruction on healthy eating using materials from www.ChooseMyPlate.gov site, including "What's on Your Plate" and "My Plate for Kids" mini-posters. | Behavioural | Usual Care Control Group |
Primary outcome
Reduction of eating rate (mouthfuls/min)
Time frame: 6 weeks
The purpose of this randomized, controlled pilot study is to retrain children at risk for obesity (4-7 years of age in the 65th - <96th BMI percentile for age and sex, who have rapid eating and an obese participating parent/legal guardian [ N = 15]) to reduce their rate of eating (mouthfuls/minute) during a laboratory test meal, compared with participants in usual care control condition (UCC),which receives a brief educational intervention to promote healthy eating after the final assessment) (N=15). Between group change scores in mouthfuls/min (baseline Lab meal 1 to Lab meal 2) will be assessed. We hypothesize that the children in the Re-Pace group will have a greater reduction in the rate of eating (mouthfuls of food/min) from baseline to week 6, compared to those in the UCC group.
1 secondary outcome
Reduction of food consumption
Time frame: 6 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Apr 2015.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 30515992Faith MS, Diewald LK, Crabbe S, Burgess B, Berkowitz RI. Reduced Eating Pace (RePace) Behavioral Intervention for Children Prone to or with Obesity: Does the Turtle Win the Race? Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Jan;27(1):121-129. doi: 10.1002/oby.22329. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Robert I Berkowitz, MD principal investigator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing RePace Intervention in people with Obesity and Rapid Eating Style, run by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Apr 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Reduction of eating rate (mouthfuls/min) (time frame: 6 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02186379, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Apr 2015; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 28 Oct 2026.