Pilot Testing a Novel Approach to Pediatric Obesity Treatment

Recruiting now · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Overweight Adolescents, Obese Adolescents

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an emotion regulation and self-monitoring intervention can help treat overweight and obesity in teens. The main question it aims to answer is: * Does emotion regulation and self-monitoring help reduce biases in teens with overweight and obesity? * Do changes in biases relate to changes in health functioning and health behavior? Researchers will compare the intervention to the provision of educational handouts about overweight and obesity to see if the intervention is more effective. Participants will: * Complete self-report questionnaires, an fMRI scan, and have their blood drawn * Received educational handouts or attend weekly telehealth group sessions weekly for four weeks and be asked to self-monitor their mood and behavior between sessions * Return to complete the same questionnaires, fMRI and blood draw procedures

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06755827

Run by

Texas Tech University

People needed

30

Starts

2026-03-24

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-15

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being English-proficient
• Ages 11-14
• At or above the 85th BMI percentile based on age and sex norms
• Having access to WIFI or cellular data to attend the telehealth groups
• Living in a home in Lubbock County (TX) or surrounding areas.

You may not qualify if…

• Having a psychiatric or medical diagnosis that interferes with participation (e.g., significant developmental delay; pregnancy)
• Current enrollment in overweight/obesity treatment.
• Because the study will include entering an MRI scanner, additional standard exclusion criteria will be considered (e.g., having immovable medical devices with batteries, body piercings on the head/face, and having substantial visual impairment that cannot be corrected with staff-provided glasses)

Where it is running

• Texas Tech University — Lubbock, Texas, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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