Using an API to Commercialize an Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention

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Conditions studied: Weight Loss, Health Behavior

In brief

This study will test the effectiveness of a mobile application that uses an Application Program Interface (API) to distribute evidence-based weight loss interventions. Half of the participants will receive this API-based application, and the other half of the participants will use a non API-based application.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02812264

Run by

Coeus Health, LLC

People needed

209

Starts

2017-06-07

Expected to finish

2019-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-14

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• informed consent
• between 21-65 years old
• BMI between 25-40 kg/m2
• ownership and use of an Android smartphone during past 6 months with no plans to change phone/service during study
• consent for research team to monitor app utilization

You may not qualify if…

• use of weight loss medication
• prior or planned bariatric surgery
• psychiatric hospitalization in past 12 months
• pregnancy, nursing, or planned pregnancy during the study
• history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) event
• self-reported history of an eating disorder
• use of medication for diabetes mellitus
• mobility restrictions for which exercise is contraindicated
• history of a condition (e.g., lithium, steroids, anti-psychotics) that would affect weight measurement, for which weight loss is contraindicated
• current participation in another weight treatment study and/or recent weight loss >10%
• investigator discretion for safety reasons

Where it is running

• Coeus Health Offices — State College, Pennsylvania, United States

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