Examining Self-tracking Behaviors in a Mobile Intervention for Binge Eating and Weight Management

• Sponsor: Northwestern University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT04711577
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 50
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 1.1
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 44.8

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand users' experiences and interests completing self-tracking in a mobile intervention for binge eating and weight management.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Obesity; Binge Eating	Behavioral: Track clinician-determined symptoms; Behavioral: Track clinician-determined and self-determined symptoms	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 50 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: Examining Self-tracking Behaviors in a Mobile Intervention for Binge Eating and Weight Management
• Actual Study Start Date: Jan 8, 2021
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Feb 11, 2021
• Actual Study Completion Date: Feb 11, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Condition 1 Track clinician-determined symptoms	Behavioral: Track clinician-determined symptoms; Participants will track clinician-determined symptoms
Experimental: Condition 2 Track clinician-determined and self-determined symptoms	Behavioral: Track clinician-determined and self-determined symptoms; Participants will track clinician-determined symptoms and a self-determined symptom

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Compliance [3 weeks]

   Number of tracking entries completed

2. Satisfaction with tracking [3 weeks]

   Self-reported satisfaction with tracking, based on the Satisfaction subscale of the Usefulness, Satisfaction, and Ease of use (USE) Questionnaire, with higher scores on the 1-7 rating scale indicating greater satisfaction

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults age 18 years or older

• Obesity (BMI ≥30)

• Recurrent binge eating (≥12 episodes in the past 3 months)

• Interested in losing weight and reducing binge eating

• Willing to use a mobile application

• Willing to practice self-monitoring

• Has access to a scale

• Not pregnant

• English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Northwestern University	Chicago	Illinois	United States	60611

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Northwestern University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Andrea Graham, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04711577
• Other Study ID Numbers: STU00213531
• First Posted: Jan 15, 2021
• Last Update Posted: Feb 26, 2021
• Last Verified: Feb 1, 2021

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Bulimia; Binge-Eating Disorder

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 26, 2021