Awareness, Care & Treatment in Obesity Management (ACTION) Study

Completed

• Conditions: Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder; Obesity
• Interventions: Other: No treatment given

• Registration Number: NCT03223493
• Lead Sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S

Brief Summary

The ACTION (Awareness, Care, and Treatment In Obesity management) study aims to identify perceptions, attitudes, behaviours, and potential barriers to effective obesity care across three respondent types: 1) People with Obesity, 2) Healthcare Providers and 3) Employer Representatives in the US. Data is collected via online surveys using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-10-29
• Primary Completion: 2015-11-12
• Study Completion: 2015-11-12
• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-21
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-17
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3767

Inclusion Criteria

• GENERAL POPULATION
• Agrees to AE reporting
• Age at least 18 years
• Lives in the US
• Current BMI at least 30 kg/sqm
• HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
• Agrees to AE reporting
• Physician and board certified or NP/PA
• Facility located in the U.S. and not Vermont
• Spends at least 70% of time in direct patient care
• Seen at least 100 patients in past month
• Seen at least 10 patients in past month needing weight management
• In practice 2-35 years
• Not competitively employed
• Primary Care Providers
• Specialty is FP, IM, GP
• Less than 50% patients seen for obesity
• Obesity Specialists
• Obesity medicine or weight loss specialist or at least 50% of patients seen for obesity
• In practice 2-35 years
• EMPLOYERS
• Age at least 18 years
• Works in the US
• Director, Administrator, CHRO, VP or other title
• Responsible for making or influencing decisions about health insurance or health and wellness programs
• Company employs 500 or more full-time employees
• Believes there is a weight issue at their company
• Not competitively employed

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Exclusion Criteria

• None

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Employer representatives	No treatment given	Employers, respondents will be recruited via email, USPS mail, and/or phone through an online panel company with which respondents have provided permission to be contacted for research purposes
Healthcare Providers	No treatment given	Health care professionals, respondents will be recruited via email, USPS mail, and/or phone through an online panel company with which respondents have provided permission to be contacted for research purposes or through the AMA Masterfile
People with Obesity	No treatment given	General population, respondents are recruited via email and/or phone through an online panel company with which respondents have provided permission to be contacted for research

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Awareness with the care and management of obesity among people with obesity	Start of interviews day 1 until day 15	Data is collected via online questionnaires using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design
Awareness with the care and management of obesity among health care providers	Start of interviews day 1 until day 15	Data is collected via online questionnaires using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design
Awareness with the care and management of obesity among employer representatives	Start of interviews day 1 until day 15	Data is collected via online questionnaires using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Novo Nordisk Investigational Site; 🇺🇸 Honeoye Falls, New York, United States