Awareness, Care & Treatment In Obesity Management

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Other: No treatment given

• Registration Number: NCT05690789
• Lead Sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S

Brief Summary

ACTION France is a cross-sectional, observational, descriptive, and exploratory survey-based study without collection of laboratory data. The study is not related to any specific treatment options or pharmaceutical product. Collection of data will be performed via quantitative online survey by a third-party vendor.

The goal of this study is to provide insights to drive awareness around the needs of People Living with Obesity (PLwO) and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) involved in obesity treatment and management.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-09-27
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-19
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-31
• Study Completion: 2023-03-31
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1688

Inclusion Criteria

People Living with Obesity

1. Informed consent obtained before any study-related activities (study-related activities are any procedure related to recording of data according to the protocol).
2. Male or female, aged above or equal to 18 years at the time of signing informed consent Lives in France
3. Current BMI based on self-reported height and weight of at least 30 kg/m^2

Health Care Professionals

1. Informed consent before any study related activities (study-related activities are any procedure related to recording/collection of data according to protocol)
2. Male or female, aged greater than or equal to 18 years at the time of signing informed consent.
3. Physician with a license to practice
4. Specialty is not surgeon (including bariatric or plastic surgeon)
5. Practices in France
6. In clinical practice greater than or equal to 2 years
7. Spends at least 70 percent time in direct patient care
8. Has seen at least 100 patients in past month
9. Has seen at least 10 patients in past month needing weight management defined as: a patient with a BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m^2 with or without comorbidities.

Employers

1. Informed consent before any study related activities (study-related activities are any procedure related to recording/collection of data according to protocol)
2. Age 18 years old or older
3. works in France
4. Company offers health insurance benefits
5. Responsible for making or influencing decisions about employee benefits plan or health and wellness programs
6. works in a company that has at least 20 employees
7. not affiliated with pharma, MR or advertising firms

Exclusion Criteria

People Living with obesity

1. Previous participation in this study. Participation is defined as having given online consent in this study
2. Currently pregnant
3. Participates in intense fitness or body building programs
4. Has had significant, unintentional weight loss (due to major injury, illness, etc) in the past 6 months
5. Mental incapacity, unwillingness or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation

Health Care Providers

1. Previous participation in this study. Participation is defined as having given informed consent in this study.
2. Unwillingness, inability, or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation.

Employers

1. Previous participation in this study. Participation is defined as having given informed consent in this study.
2. Unwillingness, inability, or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
People / Person Living with Obesity (PLwO)	No treatment given	From online, general population consumer panels
Health Care Professionals (HCPs)	No treatment given	HCPs treating people who have obesity
Employers	No treatment given	Single-selection response from defined list

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attitudes toward prescription weight loss medication and surgery	Day 1-day of survey	5-point Likert scale; 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree
Weight loss motivators	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Obesity attitudes	Day 1-day of survey	5-point Likert scale; 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree
Proportion of PLwO / participants who made serious weight loss effort	Day 1-day of survey	Percentage of participants
Effective weight loss methods	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Obesity and weight management	Day 1-day of survey	5-point Likert scale; 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree
Weight loss barriers	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Response to weight loss discussions	Day 1-day of survey	Single select from defined list
Degree to which healthcare and society is meeting needs of people living with obesity	Day 1-day of survey	5-point Likert scale; 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Top factors for improving weight loss outcomes	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Ways participants receive information on weight loss management	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Most helpful information for participants for weight loss	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Responsibility for improving health of people living with obesity	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Most helpful support for weight loss	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Types of weight management goals	Day 1-day of survey	Multi-select from defined list
Effectiveness of guidelines for treating obesity	Day 1-day of survey	5-point Likert scale; 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Novo Nordisk Investigational Site; 🇫🇷 Puteaux, France