An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching

IRB
CHLA-18-00134
An Addiction Model Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching in Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity: Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

To test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching (AppCoach) compared to (1) addiction model based weight-loss app alone (App) and (2) multi-disciplinary in-clinic weight loss intervention (Clinic) on weight outcomes of overweight and obese adolescents at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months post enrollment.

Study Details
Clinical Trials Government Identifier
NCT03500835
Keywords
Obesity weight loss, addiction, teens
Study Type
Interventional
Eligibility
1. Age 14-18 years
2. Able to read English
3. Body mass index [BMI] ≥85th percentile for age and gender
Does this study also recruit healthy volunteers?
No
Enrollment Status
Open
Coordinator Contact
Yareli Pineda
Contact Email
ypineda@chla.usc.edu