NCT04105309: ImpInt

Implementation Intentions for Weight Loss and Dietary Change in College Students With Overweight and Obesity

Completed Phase 2 Last updated 30 September 2019

What this trial tests

Phase 2 trial testing Implementation Intentions in Obesity in 95 participants. Completed in 30 June 2018.

Timeline

1 June 2017

Primary endpoint
30 June 2018

30 June 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Washington University School of Medicine
Phase	Phase 2
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	95
Start date	1 June 2017
Primary completion	30 June 2018
Estimated completion	30 June 2018
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Implementation Intentions
• Fluency Training
• Text Messages
• Goal Intentions

Conditions studied

• Obesity — all drugs for Obesity →

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Who can join

Adults 18 to 25, female only, with Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

One in three college students have overweight or obesity and are in need of brief and simple weight loss interventions that complement their unstructured lifestyles. Implementation intentions, a strategy that connects a goal-aligned behavior to a cue, facilitate goal-attainment for a wide variety of health-behaviors, but have not been tested as a stand-alone treatment for weight loss in students. College students with overweight or obesity (N = 95) were randomized to one of three conditions: an implementation intention group (IMP), an enhanced implementation intention group (IMP+) that included text message reminders and fluency training (i.e., training for speed and accuracy), and a control goal intention group (GOL) for four weeks. Participants completed anthropometric and self-report assessments pre- and post-treatment as well as experience-sampling assessments during the study to assess how implementation intentions contribute more directly to behavior change

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.