After a period of successful weight loss does monthly contact with a dietitian, via e-mail, enable individuals to successfully maintain their weight loss over a further six months?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN65915034
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN65915034
Secondary identifying numbers	N0187189138

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Mrs Denise Thomas
Scientific

St. James' Hospital
Locksway Road
Milton
Portsmouth
PO4 8LD
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 023 92 89 4414
Email	denise.thomas@porthosp.nhs.uk

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title
Study objectives	After a period of successful weight loss, does monthly e-mail contact with a dietitian enable patients to maintain that weight?
Ethics approval(s)	Added May 2008: Approved on 20/10/2006, REC ref no: 06/Q1701/117.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Obesity
Intervention	Email contact vs no email contact.
Intervention type	Other
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 study start date	01/12/2006
Completion date	30/11/2008

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	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.
Key inclusion criteria	Added May 2008: 1. Adults of BMI>30 2. Who have lost 5% body weight 3. Access to email
Key exclusion criteria	Added May 2008: 1. Binge eating disorder 2. Awaiting bariatric surgery 3. Learning disability 4. On weight loss medication
Date of first enrolment	01/12/2006
Date of final enrolment	30/11/2008

St. James' Hospital

Portsmouth
PO4 8LD
United Kingdom

Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Government

The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Government

Portsmouth and Isle of Wight R&D Consortium (UK)

No information available

PHT Dept of Dietetics

No information available

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/02/2000		Yes	No