Malaysian Childhood Obesity Treatment Trial (MASCOT)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood obesity; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Obesity

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14241825
• Lead Sponsor: ational University of Malaysia (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) (Malaysia)

Brief Summary

1. 2011 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21604965 (added 04/07/2019) 2. 2011 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22303576 (added 04/07/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-02-18
• Study Completion: 2009-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 29 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 107

Inclusion Criteria

1. Both males and females
2. Children and adolescents aged 6-13 years
3. No major chronic disease or disability
4. No obvious underlying pathological cause of obesity
5. Obese (Body mass index [BMI] above 95th percentile on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] percentile charts)
6. Parents (at least one) and children willing to attend treatment sessions if randomly allocated to treatment group
7. Attending a mainstream school in the public sector

Exclusion Criteria

1. Non-obese
2. Not attending a mainstream school
3. Serious chronic or acute illness
4. Not within age range
5. Not willing to attend treatment sessions

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in BMI standard deviation score from baseline to 6 and 12 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Changes from baseline to 6 and 12 months in the following:<br> 1. Health related quality of life, assessed by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL)<br> 2. Objectively measured habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour (accelerometry)<br> 3. Changes in estimated fat and fat free mass (impedance)<br>