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Enhancing Exercise Participation in Overweight Adults

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Information provided by:
University of Pittsburgh
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00177476
First received: September 12, 2005
Last updated: NA
Last verified: September 2005
History: No changes posted
September 12, 2005
September 12, 2005
September 2003
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body weight
Same as current
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  • Fitness
  • physical activity
  • dietary intake
  • mediators
Same as current
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Enhancing Exercise Participation in Overweight Adults
Enhancing Exercise Participation in Overweight Adults
The purpose of this study is to examine whether behavioral strategies implemented during the adoption versus the maintenance periods of weight loss to enhance exercise participation in overweight adults are more effective than a standard behavioral intervention.
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Interventional
Phase 1
Phase 2
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Weight Loss
Behavioral: behavioral weight loss
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
225
May 2006
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Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Female or Male
  2. 18-55 years of age
  3. BMI = 25-39.9 kg/m2
  4. Ability to provide informed consent.
  5. Ability to provide consent from their personal physician to participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Reporting regular exercise participation of at least 20 minutes per day on at least 3 days per week during the previous six months. (This study is designed to recruit relatively sedentary adults.)
  2. Diabetes, hypothyroidism, or other medical conditions which would affect energy metabolism.
  3. Women who are currently pregnant, pregnant within the previous six months, or planning on becoming pregnant within the next 18 months. (Pregnancy during initial screening will be based on self-report and will be included on the detailed medical history that is completed by subjects)
  4. Non-medicated resting systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg or non-medicated resting diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg, or taking medication that would affect blood pressure.
  5. Taking medication that would affect resting heart rate or the heart rate response during exercise (e.g., beta blockade).
  6. Arrhythmia on resting or exercise electrocardiogram that would indicate that vigorous exercise was contraindicated.
  7. History of myocardial infarction or valvular disease.
  8. Weight loss of >5% of body weight within the previous 12 months.
  9. History of orthopedic complications that would prevent optimal participation in the exercise component (e.g., heel spurs, severe arthritis).
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
18 Years to 55 Years   (Adult)
Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
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NCT00177476
1R01HL067826-01A2
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University of Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Principal Investigator: John M. Jakicic, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
September 2005

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