NCT04261985

A Mobile Phone Based Pilot Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Latino Preschool Children

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 16 October 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing healthy weight behaviors supported by web-based mobile phone application in Childhood Obesity in 59 participants. Completed in 1 July 2021.

Timeline

8 June 2020

Primary endpoint
1 July 2021

1 July 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of California, Los Angeles
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	59
Start date	8 June 2020
Primary completion	1 July 2021
Estimated completion	1 July 2021
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• healthy weight behaviors supported by web-based mobile phone application

Conditions studied

• Childhood Obesity — all drugs for Childhood Obesity →
• Parenting — all drugs for Parenting →
• Mobile Phone Use — all drugs for Mobile Phone Use →

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Who can join

2 and older, any sex, with Childhood Obesity or Parenting. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Child Weight Primary · 6-months post baseline

Child pounds measured using participant weight measured on a digital scale (calibrated with 5kg weight before each measurement) to the nearest 0.1 pounds

Group	Value	95% CI
Mobile Phone Obesity Intervention	45.6	± 9.7
Control	44.9	± 8.6

Caregiver Weight in Pounds Secondary · 6-months post-intervention

Caregiver pounds measured using participant weight measured on a digital scale (calibrated with 5kg weight before each measurement) to the nearest 0.1 pounds

Group	Value	95% CI
Mobile Phone Obesity Intervention	176.9	± 35.1
Control	178.3	± 32.9

Sponsor's own description

To pilot a stand-alone mobile phone intervention with Latino caregivers of 2- to 5-year olds, using a prospective control group design, to assess feasibility and preliminary effect sizes on children's BMI changes (primary outcome) and dietary and physical activity changes (secondary outcomes) at 6 months post-baseline, in preparation for a larger randomized trial to evaluate the intervention's efficacy.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.
   Phillips SM, Spiga F, Moore TH, Dawson S, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40494564 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd015326.pub2