Game of Stones: Helping men to lose weight

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Obesity; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN91974895
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Stirling

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35869503/ (added 25/07/2022) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38744430/ (added 15/05/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-14
• Last Update Posted: 8 July 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 585

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men aged =18 years
2. BMI =30 kg/m²
3. Understand study information and able to give informed consent
4. Resident in and around Glasgow, Belfast, or Bristol

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to understand the trial or the English language SMS intervention
2. No mobile phone access
3. Planning to move out of the area within 12 months
4. Current or recent (within last 6 months) participation in a research weight loss intervention study (participants from the feasibility study are welcome to participate in this RCT)
5. Plan to have bariatric surgery within 12 months
6. For GP screening prior to sending invitation letters:
6.1. Known terminal illness or severe psychiatric illness
6.2. Known impaired cognitive or visual function that would limit understanding of study information and SMS
7. Whilst there is no upper age limit exclusion to this trial, researchers taking consent will be trained to consider whether participation is appropriate for individual participants (for example the levels of frailty allowing standard weighing procedures to be followed or sufficient cognition to understand consent and participation procedures)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight loss is measured as % of baseline at 12 months measured using calibrated medical scales at baseline and 12 months