Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Peymane Adab
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
+44 121 414 3777
p.adab@bham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
4795
Study information
Scientific title
Preventing childhood obesity in the UK, with a focus on South Asian children (Birmingham healthy Eating and Active lifestyle for CHildren Study)
Acronym
BEACHeS
Study hypothesis
The aim is to develop an intervention programme for preventing obesity in children, which can later be evaluated in a definitive randomised controlled trial (RCT). The objectives for the study therefore include:
1. To apply an environmental analysis framework to prioritise components for the interventional package
2. To develop the components and time sequence of the intervention programme
3. To assess baseline physical activity (PA), diet and obesity measures in the populations under study
4. To implement an exploratory trial using the intervention, assess feasibility and acceptability
5. To pilot instruments (for obesity, dietary and physical-activity assessment) that will be used for outcome assessment in the definitive trial
Ethics approval
MREC approved (ref: 06/Q2703/43)
Study design
Multicentre non-randomised interventional prevention trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Non randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England, Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Not Assigned, Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: All Diseases, Paediatrics
Intervention
Interventional schools: Increase children's physical activity levels through schools, including physical activity, cooking and skills for families (through cooking skills workshops, signposting of local leisure facilities and organised taster sessions, and setting up walking teams)
Control schools: No active intervention
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Phase I/II
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Feasibility and acceptability of intervention
Secondary outcome measures
Direction of effect for change in measures of obesity, physical activity and diet
Overall trial start date
13/11/2006
Overall trial end date
05/06/2009
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Children aged 5 - 7 at baseline, either sex
2. Attending one of the selected schools
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Planned sample size: 600; UK sample size: 600
Participant exclusion criteria
Parents do not give active consent
Recruitment start date
13/11/2006
Recruitment end date
05/06/2009
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Birmingham (UK)
Sponsor details
University Hospitals Birmingham
Methley Lane
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TH
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK) (ref: 75374)
Alternative name(s)
MRC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
Location
United Kingdom
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
2016 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26861933