Obesity and Financial Incentives

Early Phase 1

• Conditions: Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT01629576
• Lead Sponsor: Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research

Brief Summary

Investigate whether economic incentives help obese individuals to lose weight.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-03
• Status Verified: 2012-06
• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-06-25
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2012-06-27
• Primary Completion: 2014-10
• Study Completion: 2014-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 700

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI above 30
• age between 18 anf 75
• registered residence in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg

Exclusion Criteria

• considerable language barriers
• pregnancy
• psychological disorders
• eating disorders
• tumor disease within last five years
• abuse of alcohol
• abuse of drugs
• serious general diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
bodyweight	22 months