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NCT00327821
Completed
Not Applicable

A Randomised Control Trial of Commercial Weight Loss Programme in a Community Based Sample of Obese Adults.

University of Surrey1 site in 1 country300 target enrollmentJuly 2002
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ConditionsObesity

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Obesity
Sponsor
University of Surrey
Enrollment
300
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Weight loss
Status
Completed
Last Updated
19 years ago
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSitesSimilar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
July 2002
End Date
March 2003
Last Updated
19 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

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
  • •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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Weight loss

Fat loss

Study Sites (1)

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