Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr John J Reilly
ORCID ID
Contact details
Reader in Paediatric Energy Metabolism
University of Glasgow Division of Developmental Medicine
1st Floor Tower Block QMH
Yorkhill Hospitals
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
United Kingdom
jjr2y@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
SCOTT
Study hypothesis
To test whether a novel (intensive and behavioural) dietetic intervention for childhood obesity was more successful than standard care.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Obesity
Intervention
Intervention:
Intensive behavioural approach to treatment (eight appointments over six months; 5 - 6 hours patient/family contact time).
Control:
Standard dietetic care (1 - 1.5 hours patient/family contact time over six months).
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Body mass index (BMI) standard deviation score.
Outcomes measured at baseline, +6 months after start of intervention and +12 months after start of intervention.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Objectively measured habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour (accelerometry)
2. Waist circumference standard deviation score
3. Quality of life
Outcomes measured at baseline, +6 months after start of intervention and +12 months after start of intervention.
Overall trial start date
01/02/2003
Overall trial end date
01/02/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Obese (body mass index [BMI] greater than 98th percentile) children of primary school age (5 - 11 years at baseline), referred for treatment for their obesity.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
134
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Non obese
2. Family apparently not willing to attempt lifestyle changes
3. Having special educational needs
4. Receiving treatment for obesity elsewhere
Recruitment start date
01/02/2003
Recruitment end date
01/02/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Reader in Paediatric Energy Metabolism
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Yorkhill Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Sponsor details
Yorkhill
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
United Kingdom
Morlet.Meinertz@yorkhill.scot.nhs.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive Health Department (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18310175
Publication citations
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Results
Hughes AR, Stewart L, Chapple J, McColl JH, Donaldson MD, Kelnar CJ, Zabihollah M, Ahmed F, Reilly JJ, Randomized, controlled trial of a best-practice individualized behavioral program for treatment of childhood overweight: Scottish Childhood Overweight Treatment Trial (SCOTT)., Pediatrics, 2008, 121, 3, e539-46, doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-1786.