NCT04280198

The Play With Me Study

Completed NA Last updated 9 August 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Triple P Parenting Videos in High Food Reinforcement in 33 participants. Completed in 20 June 2022.

Timeline

26 February 2020

Primary endpoint
18 May 2022

20 June 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	State University of New York at Buffalo
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	33
Start date	26 February 2020
Primary completion	18 May 2022
Estimated completion	20 June 2022
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Triple P Parenting Videos
• Activity Boxes

Conditions studied

• High Food Reinforcement — all drugs for High Food Reinforcement →
• Overeating — all drugs for Overeating →
• Obesity, Childhood — all drugs for Obesity, Childhood →

Sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo

Who can join

Adults 4 to 5, any sex, with High Food Reinforcement or Overeating. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The obesity epidemic continues to be a major public health concern, with 38% of US adults and 17% of children obese. One factor that has been highlighted as a robust predictor of weight outcomes is the relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food, or how rewarding one finds eating compared to alternative activities. An emerging body of literature has built upon the observed relationship between the RRV of food and weight by hypothesizing that the promotion of alternative reinforcers, or rewarding activities that could take the place of eating, offers a novel approach to decreasing excess energy intake and combatting obesity. We aim to integrate distinct bodies of literature and fill a gap in the evidence by testing whether parenting intervention messages delivered and practiced in the context of shared activities can decrease the RRV of food by making parent-child interactions more rewarding. The ultimate goal of this research is to demonstrate that such an intervention can increase children's motivation to interact with their parent instead of eating a favorite food, demonstrating the potential for positive parent-child interactions to become an alternative source of pleasure.

Publications & conference data

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