Weight Management Demonstration Project: HEALTH

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Weight Loss

In brief

The study investigated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a cognitive and behavioral weight management program, complemented by an interactive Web site and brief telephone coaching, implemented among TRICARE non-active-duty beneficiaries. A total of 1,755 participants from four Midwestern states were randomized to one of three randomized controlled trial groups with increasing intervention intensity: mailed material and basic Web access (RCT1), plus an interactive Web site (RCT2), plus brief phone- and Web-based coaching support from health lifestyle coaches (RCT3). The study assessed changes in participants' weight, blood pressure, diet, and physical activity from baseline to 6, 12, and 15 to 18 months. Analyses estimated overall cost savings and calculated the cost-effectiveness ratio of each randomized controlled trial compared with a "do-nothing" alternative as the cost per quality-adjusted life year.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01307280
Run by: RTI International
People needed: 2395
Starts: 2006-08-01
Expected to finish: 2009-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2012-01-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

TRICARE Prime non-active-duty beneficiaries
Body Mass Index of 25 to 50
Living in 4 midwestern states (TRICARE region)

You may not qualify if…

Not able to engage in physical activity
Pregnant
Body mass index greater than 50
Body mass index less than 25
Human immunodeficiency virus infected
current cancer

Where it is running

RTI Study Center — Swansea, Illinois, United States
RTI International — Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
RTI Study Center — Fairborn, Ohio, United States

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