The Effectiveness of Commercial Weight Loss Programmes | NCT00327821

Studies
The Effectiveness of Commercial Weight Loss Programmes

NCT00327821

Sponsor

University of Surrey

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Jul 21, 2006Estimated

Enrollment

300

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

calorie controlled diet

Countries

United Kingdom

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

May 2003

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Jul 2002

Primary Completion Date

Not provided

Completion Date

Mar 2003

First Submitted Date

May 17, 2006

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

May 18, 2006

First Posted Date

May 19, 2006Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Jul 20, 2006

Last Update Posted Date

Jul 21, 2006Estimated

Name	Class
British Broadcasting Corporation	INDUSTRY

Description Module

Brief Summary

The objective is to compare the effectiveness of 4 different commercial weight-loss diets available to adults in the UK.

This is achieved with a 6 month multi-centre randomised unblinded controlled trial of

Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution,
The slimFast Plan,
The weight Watchers Pure Points Programme,
Rosemary Conley's "Eat Yourself Slim" Diet & Fitness Plan.
No diet (control)

Subjects are a community based sample of 300 (60 per group) otherwise healthy overweight and obese adults.

Main outcome measures are weight and body fat change over 6 months.

Detailed Description

Not provided

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

300

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
calorie controlled diet	Behavioral

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Body mass index (BMI) > 27 and < 40 kg/m2.

Exclusion Criteria:

History of coronary heart disease
Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
Renal, liver or respiratory failure
Gout
Taking lipid lowering or anti-hypertensive drugs
History of obesity with known cause (i.e. Cushings disease, hypothyroidism)
Previous gastric or weight loss surgery
Taking any weight loss drug (including Orlistat or Sibutramine)
Clinical depression
Eating disorders
Drug or alcohol abuse
Any malabsorptive state (including lactose intolerance)
Being treated for a malignancy
Being pregnant
Breastfeeding

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

65 Years

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
D J Millward, PhD	University of Surrey	Principal Investigator
H A Truby, PhD SRD	University of Surrey	Study Director

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
University of Surrey		Guildford	surrey	GU2 7XH	United Kingdom

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
16720619	Result	Truby H, Baic S, deLooy A, Fox KR, Livingstone MB, Logan CM, Macdonald IA, Morgan LM, Taylor MA, Millward DJ. Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials". BMJ. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1309-14. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38833.411204.80. Epub 2006 May 23.
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Measure	Description	Time Frame
Weight loss
Fat loss

ID	Term
D050177	Overweight
D044343	Overnutrition
D009748	Nutrition Disorders
D009750	Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

ID	Term
D004035	Diet Therapy
D044623	Nutrition Therapy
D013812	Therapeutics
D002149	Energy Intake