TOTAL: A Multisite RCT
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight
In brief
Nearly 8 in 10 Veterans meet criteria for overweight/obesity. Three evidence-based treatment options are available within VA (behavioral weight management \[MOVE!\], obesity medications, and bariatric surgery). However, all treatments are significantly underutilized. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a novel intervention designed to increase obesity treatment initiation and subsequently weight loss within VA. The intervention, Teaching Obesity Treatment Options to Adult Learners (TOTAL), involves an educational video and multiple motivational sessions delivered via telemedicine. If effective, TOTAL could be implemented throughout VA without requiring significant resources and could be integrated into the existing VA behavioral weight management program, MOVE!, which is present at nearly every VA medical center.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05346575
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 440
- Starts
- 2023-01-23
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-10-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans will be eligible for this study if they have had no MOVE! visit attendance within the last 12 months, no previous bariatric surgery, not currently on weight loss medications, and a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or 27-29.9 + an obesity-related comorbidity
You may not qualify if…
- Veterans will be not be eligible for this study if they are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant within the study period, currently breast feeding, have cancer not in remission, do not have access to a telephone, have severe hearing/visual impairment, weigh more than 420 lbs (due to scale limitations).
Where it is running
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA — West Los Angeles, California, United States
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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