Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mrs Denise Thomas
ORCID ID
Contact details
St. James' Hospital
Locksway Road
Milton
Portsmouth
PO4 8LD
United Kingdom
+44 023 92 89 4414
denise.thomas@porthosp.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0187189138
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
After a period of successful weight loss, does monthly e-mail contact with a dietitian enable patients to maintain that weight?
Ethics approval
Added May 2008:
Approved on 20/10/2006, REC ref no: 06/Q1701/117.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Obesity
Intervention
Email contact vs no email contact.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Added May 2008:
Keeping in weight band +/- 2Kg around end weight after weight loss.
Secondary outcome measures
Added May 2008:
1. Adherence to diet and exercise plans
2. Components of dietary targets maintained
Overall trial start date
01/12/2006
Overall trial end date
30/11/2008
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Added May 2008:
1. Adults of BMI>30
2. Who have lost 5% body weight
3. Access to email
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Target: 70 participants, allowing for an attrition rate of 30%. This should capture a sample of 48 (24 in each arm of the study). Recruitment closed as of May'08: 53 recruited.
Participant exclusion criteria
Added May 2008:
1. Binge eating disorder
2. Awaiting bariatric surgery
3. Learning disability
4. On weight loss medication
Recruitment start date
01/12/2006
Recruitment end date
30/11/2008
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
St. James' Hospital
Portsmouth
PO4 8LD
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Portsmouth and Isle of Wight R&D Consortium (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
PHT Dept of Dietetics
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
1. 2000 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10702766
Publication citations
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Results
Thompson RL, Thomas DE, A cross-sectional survey of the opinions on weight loss treatments of adult obese patients attending a dietetic clinic., Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord., 2000, 24, 2, 164-170.