Maintenance Programme After Weight Loss

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Weight Loss; Morbid Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: weight loss programme; Behavioral: weight loss programme with maintenance programme

• Registration Number: NCT00590655
• Lead Sponsor: University of Helsinki

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare a weight reduction programme with and without a maintenance programme in patients with severe obesity.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2002-08
• Study Completion: 2006-05
• Status Verified: 2007-12
• Study First Submitted: 2007-12-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-01-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 2008-01-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 201

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI 35 kg/m2 or more
• Age 18-65 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Type 1 diabetes
• Major alcohol problem
• Acute psychic disease, eating behavior, pregnancy, severe disease (cancer, unstable coronary disease, severe liver or kidney disease), or the patient has been in this treatment within the past 5 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	weight loss programme	Treatment B includes a four month weight loss programme (10 weeks on a VLED and 17 weeks behavior modification visits). Treatment lasts 17 weeks and after that there will be one and two year control visits including weighing and questionnaires for eating behavior and quality of life.
1	weight loss programme with maintenance programme	Treatment includes a four month weight loss programme (10 weeks on a VLED and 17 weeks behavior modification visits). After that a maintenance programme starts with monthly sessions for one year. Weight loss, quality of life, and eating behavior will be assessed at the end of the maintenance program and one year later.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
weight result	2 years after weight loss phase

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life and eating behavior	2 years after active weight loss

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Peijas Hospital; 🇫🇮 Vantaa, Finland