NCT04418713: VIDEOACTIVO

Active Videogames Against Obesity in Children

Completed NA Last updated 12 January 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing active video-games in Childhood Obesity in 92 participants. Completed in 31 December 2021.

Timeline

5 November 2018

Primary endpoint
30 June 2021

31 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidad de Zaragoza
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	92
Start date	5 November 2018
Primary completion	30 June 2021
Estimated completion	31 December 2021
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• active video-games

Conditions studied

• Childhood Obesity — all drugs for Childhood Obesity →
• Physical Activity — all drugs for Physical Activity →
• Sedentary Lifestyle — all drugs for Sedentary Lifestyle →
• Body Fat — all drugs for Body Fat →

Sponsor

Universidad de Zaragoza — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 9 to 11, any sex, with Childhood Obesity or Physical Activity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Active video games are presented as an exercise option for children with little interest in traditional sports. The main objectives of this study are:

1. To evaluate the effects of an active video game program on cardiometabolic risk in overweight/obese children
2. to identify the effect of this intervention on physical fitness
3. to study possible changes in the sedentary lifestyles of children after the exercise program.

This is a randomized crossover study, with 2 intervention periods of 9 months each, and a 3-month period of washing. Ninetytwo children between 9 and 11 years old who are overweight or obese will be included and randomly assigned to one of the 2 homogeneous groups (control-intervention). Both groups will receive education in healthy lifestyles, and the intervention group will also follow a physical exercise program with active video games (3-4 days/week). The sessions will last between 30 and 45 minutes and will include different moderate-vigorous aerobic activities and muscular strength exercises. Body composition, physical fitness, levels of leptin, adiponectin and visfatin, lipid and ferric profiles, and markers of inflammation and metabolic risk such as insulin resistance, TNF-α, CRP, ALT, AST, gamma-GT and IL-6will be measured before and after the intervention. In addition, dietary habits (24h recalls), physical activity (accelerometers), blood pressure, waist and neck circumference, and pubertal development will be also assessed.

Publications & conference data

7 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Active Video Games Improve Muscular Fitness and Motor Skills in Children with Overweight or Obesity.
   Comeras-Chueca C, Villalba-Heredia L, Perez-Lasierra JL, Marín-Puyalto J, et al · · 2022 · cited 30× · PMID 35270330 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph19052642
2. Assessment of Active Video Games' Energy Expenditure in Children with Overweight and Obesity and Differences by Gender.
   Comeras-Chueca C, Villalba-Heredia L, Pérez-Llera M, Lozano-Berges G, et al · · 2020 · cited 21× · PMID 32942663 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph17186714
3. Effect of an Active Video Game Intervention Combined With Multicomponent Exercise for Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children With Overweight and Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Comeras-Chueca C, Villalba-Heredia L, Perez-Lasierra JL, Lozano-Berges G, et al · · 2022 · cited 7× · PMID 35471240 · DOI 10.2196/33782
4. High muscular fitness level may positively affect bone strength and body composition in children with overweight and obesity.
   Comeras-Chueca C, Villalba-Heredia L, Lozano-Berges G, Matute-Llorente Á, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38856950 · DOI 10.1007/s11657-024-01405-3
5. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Prepubertal Overweight and Obese Children.
   Villalba-Heredia L, Comeras-Chueca C, González-Agüero A, Domingo-Del-Val D, et al · · 2021 · cited 2× · PMID 34064614 · DOI 10.3390/nu13051597
6. Lipid metabolism in overweight/obese children vs. normal weight children in a north-eastern region of Spain.
   Cuenca Alcocel J, Villalba-Heredia L, Martínez Redondo I, Gallego Royo A, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40160398 · DOI 10.1515/almed-2025-0015
7. Estudio del metabolismo lipídico en niños aragoneses con sobrepeso/obesidad vs. niños normopeso.
   Cuenca Alcocel J, Villalba-Heredia L, Martínez Redondo I, Gallego Royo A, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40160396 · DOI 10.1515/almed-2024-0113