Heart-Healthy Lenoir Lifestyle Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity
In brief
This study aims to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and disparities in risk by improving lifestyle factors which underlie the development of CVD. The first steps will involve conducting a comprehensive formative evaluation to assess individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy factors relevant to CVD risk and risk reduction in Lenoir County. This will be followed by a community-based lifestyle intervention program designed to improve eating patterns, promote physical activity, and for those who are interested, support weight loss. A randomized trial comparing the effectiveness of two community based weight maintenance interventions will also be conducted. Community-wide policy and environmental change interventions will also be implemented to support the individual-level interventions, including partnerships with businesses to promote a healthy environment through innovative economic opportunities. In addition, this project will explore genetic factors associated with cardiovascular disease risk and treatment success.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01433484
- Run by
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- People needed
- 339
- Starts
- 2011-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-11-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18 years or older
- live in Lenoir County or a neighboring county in Eastern North Carolina
- anyone enrolled in the Lifestyle study is eligible to participate in the genomics component of the project.
You may not qualify if…
- non-English speaking
- treatment of psychosis
- alcohol or substance abuse within the two last years
- history of malignancy, other than non-melanoma skin cancer, unless surgically cured > 5 years ago or in remission/well treated and not likely to have a negative effect on the patient's health over the next 2 years
- estimated creatinine clearance less than 30 ml/min
- lack of access to phone
- advanced dementia
- participants who have been diagnosed with a myocardial infarction within the past three months will be excluded from the study if they are unable to obtain written medical clearance from their clinician to participate in the study
- Additional Exclusion Criteria - Weight Loss Intervention:
- the investigators will not invite pregnant women to take part in the weight loss study.
- if a woman becomes pregnant while taking part in this part of the study, we will withdraw her from the weight loss study and invite her to continue in the lifestyle study.
Where it is running
- Heart Healthy Lenoir Project, Kinston Enterprise Center — Kinston, North Carolina, United States
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