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ObesityFABNCT02467036

Family Based Treatment for Weight Loss With Breakfast Prescription

A study testing Family Based Behavioral Treatment in people with Obesity and Overweight, run by University of California, San Diego at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a behavioral weight loss group in conjunction with a prescribed breakfast can help children between 8 and 12 years of age change their behaviors to help them lose weight and become healthier. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 8 to 12 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Obesity, Overweight, Overeating
What is being tested?
Family Based Behavioral Treatment
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
66 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2014to Sep 2017
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 8 to 12 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Children between the ages of 8 and 12 years old;
  • BMI ≥85th% and <100% overweight
  • Children with parents who are willing to attend 16 weekly group sessions and be randomized to either treatment arm;
  • Have at least one parent who is overweight or obese (BMI≥25);
  • Children and parent who endorse liking of both eggs and cereal
  • Parents who speak English at a 5th grade level.

Who cannot join

  • Children with serious medical conditions that affect their weight;
  • Children taking medication that affect appetite or weight;
  • Children with severe developmental delay or disability that would affect participation;
  • Children or parents with psychological illness that would limit treatment participation;
  • Families who plan to move out of the area within the time frame of the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research

    La Jolla, California, 92037

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: A Pilot Study Examining the Impact of Eggs for Breakfast on Weight Loss and Hunger in Obese Children

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a behavioral weight loss group in conjunction with a prescribed breakfast can help children between 8 and 12 years of age change their behaviors to help them lose weight and become healthier.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this application is to evaluate the acceptability and initial efficacy of consumption of an egg breakfast, compared to a cereal breakfast, in the context of Family-based Behavioral Treatment (FBT) with overweight and obese children and their parents. Investigators will randomize 66 parents and their overweight and obese child (85-99.9%BMI) to FBT+egg or FBT+cereal groups. Families will eat their assigned breakfast (eggs or cereal) 5 out of 7 days during the 4 month FBT treatment. However, all other aspects of FBT will be the same in the two groups. Children and parents will complete assessments at three time points; baseline, post-treatment and 4-months post-treatment.

Being tested
Family Based Behavioral Treatment
Keywords
overweight children, overweight parents, eating in the absence of hunger, families with overweight child, bmi, body mass index, treatment, behavioral treatment, family based treatment, experiments, intervention, psychophysiological response to food cues
Medical subject headings
Obesity, Overweight, Hyperphagia, Body Weight, Pediatric Obesity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Family Based Behavioral TreatmentBehavioural

    The intervention for both groups will be a 4-month Family-Based Behavioral Treatment (FBT), which includes dietary changes, physical activity changes, and behavioral therapy. Treatment is provided in separate parent and child groups. Families will learn to reduce caloric consumption and increase caloric expenditure (physical activity). Behavior therapy includes stimulus control, self-monitoring, goal setting and contracting, parenting skills, skills for managing high-risk situations, and maintenance and relapse prevention. Families will self-monitor caloric intake, breakfast consumption, physical activity, and hunger and satiety throughout the day.

Study groups in NCT02467036
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Family Based Behavioral Treatment EggExperimentalThe FBT+Egg group will participate in group-based FBT and will be assigned to eat eggs a minimum of 5 days a week for breakfast. Families are provided eggs each week to facilitate compliance, along with recipes
Receives: Behavioral: Family Based Behavioral Treatment
Family Based Behavioral Treatment CerealActive comparatorThe FBT+Cereal group will participate in group-based FBT and will be assigned to eat cereal a minimum of 5 days a week for breakfast. Families are provided cereal each week to facilitate compliance.
Receives: Behavioral: Family Based Behavioral Treatment

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Ratings of acceptability intervention

    Measured: 4 months

  2. Ratings of liking intervention

    Measured: 4 months

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Child weight

    Measured by Body Mass Index (BMI)

    Measured: 8 months

  2. Parent weight

    Measured by Body Mass Index (BMI)

    Measured: 8 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted9 Jun 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2014
  3. Primary completionSep 2017
  4. Study completionSep 2017

Resources

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
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
66 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02467036
Sponsor's protocol ID
131519
Other IDs
20133198
Acronym
FAB
Status last verified
Oct 2017
First submitted
28 Oct 2014
Last updated
18 Oct 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Epstein LH. Family-based behavioural intervention for obese children. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1996 Feb;20 Suppl 1:S14-21.

    PubMed 8646260
  • Epstein LH, Valoski A, Wing RR, McCurley J. Ten-year outcomes of behavioral family-based treatment for childhood obesity. Health Psychol. 1994 Sep;13(5):373-83. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.13.5.373.

    PubMed 7805631
  • Shikany JM, Thomas SE, Henson CS, Redden DT, Heimburger DC. Glycemic index and glycemic load of popular weight-loss diets. MedGenMed. 2006 Jan 25;8(1):22.

    PubMed 16915152
  • Halton TL, Hu FB. The effects of high protein diets on thermogenesis, satiety and weight loss: a critical review. J Am Coll Nutr. 2004 Oct;23(5):373-85. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719381.

    PubMed 15466943
  • Piech RM, Pastorino MT, Zald DH. All I saw was the cake. Hunger effects on attentional capture by visual food cues. Appetite. 2010 Jun;54(3):579-82. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.11.003. Epub 2009 Nov 13.

    PubMed 19914320
  • Hagan MM, Wauford PK, Chandler PC, Jarrett LA, Rybak RJ, Blackburn K. A new animal model of binge eating: key synergistic role of past caloric restriction and stress. Physiol Behav. 2002 Sep;77(1):45-54. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9384(02)00809-0.

    PubMed 12213501
  • Bowen J, Noakes M, Clifton PM. Appetite regulatory hormone responses to various dietary proteins differ by body mass index status despite similar reductions in ad libitum energy intake. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Aug;91(8):2913-9. doi: 10.1210/jc.2006-0609. Epub 2006 May 30.

    PubMed 16735482
  • Rolls BJ, Hetherington M, Burley VJ. The specificity of satiety: the influence of foods of different macronutrient content on the development of satiety. Physiol Behav. 1988;43(2):145-53. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90230-2.

    PubMed 3212049
  • Holt SH, Miller JC, Petocz P, Farmakalidis E. A satiety index of common foods. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1995 Sep;49(9):675-90.

    PubMed 7498104
  • Vander Wal JS, Marth JM, Khosla P, Jen KL, Dhurandhar NV. Short-term effect of eggs on satiety in overweight and obese subjects. J Am Coll Nutr. 2005 Dec;24(6):510-5. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2005.10719497.

    PubMed 16373948
  • Layman DK, Walker DA. Potential importance of leucine in treatment of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. J Nutr. 2006 Jan;136(1 Suppl):319S-23S. doi: 10.1093/jn/136.1.319S.

    PubMed 16365106
  • Blouet C, Jo YH, Li X, Schwartz GJ. Mediobasal hypothalamic leucine sensing regulates food intake through activation of a hypothalamus-brainstem circuit. J Neurosci. 2009 Jul 1;29(26):8302-11. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1668-09.2009.

    PubMed 19571121
  • Layman DK. The role of leucine in weight loss diets and glucose homeostasis. J Nutr. 2003 Jan;133(1):261S-267S. doi: 10.1093/jn/133.1.261S.

    PubMed 12514305
  • Zhang Y, Guo K, LeBlanc RE, Loh D, Schwartz GJ, Yu YH. Increasing dietary leucine intake reduces diet-induced obesity and improves glucose and cholesterol metabolism in mice via multimechanisms. Diabetes. 2007 Jun;56(6):1647-54. doi: 10.2337/db07-0123. Epub 2007 Mar 14.

    PubMed 17360978
  • Cummings DM, Henes S, Kolasa KM, Olsson J, Collier D. Insulin resistance status: predicting weight response in overweight children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Aug;162(8):764-8. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.162.8.764.

    PubMed 18678809

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Family Based Behavioral Treatment in people with Obesity and Overweight, run by University of California, San Diego 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 6 inclusion and 5 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 18 Oct 2017. 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?

Ratings of acceptability intervention (time frame: 4 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT02467036, which also lists 17 linked publications.

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 18 Oct 2017.

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