Reducing Sugar-sweetened Beverage Consumption in Overweight Adolescents (BASH)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00381160 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 27, 2006
Last Update Posted : August 10, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Overweight Obesity | Behavioral: Reduction of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption | Not Applicable |
We are partnering with community organizations (including high schools) in the greater Boston area and a major regional supermarket. Participants will be 240 high school students who drink at least 1 serving of sugar-sweetened beverage (including 100% fruit juices) per day and who have a BMI ≥ 85th percentile. They will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. The intervention, of 1-year duration, will target the home/family environment in combination with a behavioral intervention provided during brief check-in visits. The environment will be changed by delivering non-caloric beverages to the homes of adolescents who regularly consume sugar-sweetened beverages. Parents will be counseled by telephone to serve as role models in consuming non-caloric beverages. The behavioral intervention for the adolescents will include didactic and experiential components during the check-in visits. Study outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 1 year (end of intervention period), and 2 years (end of follow-up period).
Additional relevant material based on the original proposal (NIH grant application) is provided below:
Each outcome will be compared between groups using a general linear model, adjusted for baseline covariates that could affect body weight: sex, race, ethnicity (Hispanic vs non-Hispanic), household income, parents' education, BMI, beverage consumption (sugar-sweetened, artificially sweetened, unsweetened), energy intake (total, sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juice), physical activity level, and daily television viewing. Each covariate will be tested for confounding, mediation, and interaction effects on the primary outcome. Stratum-specific estimates of the group difference will be constructed for any covariates showing significant interaction.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 224 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Overweight Adolescents |
Study Start Date : | September 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2011 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Provision of non-caloric beverages to home
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Behavioral: Reduction of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
Multi-component intervention aimed at reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Components include delivery of non-caloric beverages to home in combination with behavioral modification (telephone counseling with parent; check in visit with participant). |
No Intervention: 2 |
- Body mass index (BMI) [ Time Frame: Change through 2 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 13 Years to 17 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Enrolled in grade 9 or 10
- BMI ≥ 85th percentile for age and gender
- Residing in predominately one household, with access to a working telephone
- Consumption of 12 fluid ounces sugar-sweetened beverages (including 100% fruit juices) per day
Exclusion Criteria:
- Sibling participating in the study
- Intention to change location of residence during the 2 years post-randomization
- Plans to be away from home for 5 weeks or longer during the study period
- Physician diagnosis of a major medical illness or eating disorder
- Chronic use of any medication that may affect body weight or composition
- Current smoking
- Physical, mental, or cognitive handicaps that prevent participation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00381160
United States, Massachusetts | |
Children's Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 |
Study Director: | Cara B Ebbeing, PhD | Boston Children's Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | David S Ludwig, MD, PhD | Boston Children's Hospital |
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Responsible Party: | Boston Children's Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00381160 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DK73025A R01DK073025 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | September 27, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 10, 2012 |
Last Verified: | August 2012 |
weight loss obesity sugar-sweetened beverages diet adolescence |
Overweight Body Weight |