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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01145833
Date of registration: 14/06/2010
Primary sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Public title: Guided Self-help for Families With an Overweight Child GSH
Scientific title: Guided Self-help Treatment for Families With an Overweight Child
Date of first enrolment: October 2009
Target sample size: 49
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01145833
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Kerri Boutelle, PhD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  UCSD
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- child between the ages of 8 & 12

- an moderately overweight child with a BMI% between 85-97%

- child has a parent willing to participate

- child has a parent who can read English at a minimum of a 6th grade level

- family who is willing to commit to treatment attendance and attendance at all
assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Child psychiatric disorder diagnoses (based on parent report)

- Child diagnoses of a serious current physical disease (such as diabetes)

- Child who is taking medications that may impact their weight

- Child with physical difficulties that limit the ability to exercise

- Child with an active eating disorder

- Child and parent will be moving out of the San Diego County before study completion

- Child and/or parent has a modified diet due to religious or socially conscious
reasons (such as Vegan, vegetarian)



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
Intervention(s)
Other: Delayed Treatment Group
Other: Immediate Treatment Group
Primary Outcome(s)
The extent to which the guided self-help program affects body weight in the target child [Time Frame: At post-treatment visit (after 5-month treatment) and 6-month follow-up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The extent to which the guided self-help program affects dietary quality. [Time Frame: At post-treatment visit (after 5-month treatment) and at 6-month follow-up]
The extent to which the guided self-help program affects home food environment. [Time Frame: At post-treatment visit (after 5-month treatment) and at 6-month follow-up]
The extent to which the guided self-help program affects parent body weight. [Time Frame: At post-treatment visit (after 5-month treatment) and at 6-month follow-up]
The extent to which the guided self-help program affects physical activity. [Time Frame: At post-treatment visit (after 5-month treatment) and at 6-month follow-up]
The extent to which the guided self-help program affects sedentary activity. [Time Frame: At post-treatment visit (after 5-month treatment) and at 6-month follow-up]
Secondary ID(s)
081129
1R21DK080266-01A1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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