NCT03978416

Development of Novel Behavioral Intervention for Sustainable Weight Loss in Hispanic Adults With Obesity

Terminated NA Last updated 21 July 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Healthy Weight for Living for Hispanics in Obesity in 23 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline

23 August 2019

Primary endpoint
16 July 2020

16 July 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Tufts University
Phase	NA
Status	Terminated
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	sequential
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	23
Start date	23 August 2019
Primary completion	16 July 2020
Estimated completion	16 July 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Healthy Weight for Living for Hispanics

Conditions studied

• Obesity — all drugs for Obesity →

Sponsor

Tufts University

Who can join

50 and older, any sex, with Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

There are great disparities in the prevalence of obesity and chronic disease in different sociodemographic groups. US Hispanic adults, in particular, have a higher prevalence of obesity and chronic diseases than non-Hispanic whites. Population aging is also a major contributing factor to the high prevalence of chronic disease, and Hispanics already make up approximately 10% of the older population. Therefore, preventive measures are needed to reduce the burden of chronic disease risks for Hispanics. Current lifestyle interventions for weight management have been particularly ineffective in this population.

The purpose of this pilot project is to develop a novel tailored lifestyle intervention for use by Hispanic older adults with obesity. The Healthy Weight for Living intervention has been validated among adults with mixed racial/ethnic backgrounds and has achieved clinically impactful weight-loss. Its design features make it particularly suitable for use in populations with low adherence to traditional interventions, including no requirement for daily food logging and no increase in physical activity.

The final product of this project will be a culturally adapted prototype intervention in Hispanic older adults that accounts for cultural heterogeneity. This work has direct relevance to reducing health disparities and the burden of obesity-associated chronic disease in a particularly at-risk population.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Perceived intrinsic, social, and environmental barriers for weight management in older Hispanic/Latino adults with obesity.
   Dao MC, Yu Z, Maafs-Rodríguez A, Moser B, et al · · 2023 · cited 6× · PMID 37034568 · DOI 10.1002/osp4.631