Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

TOTAL: A Multisite RCT

United States440 participantsStarted 2023-01-23

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 70 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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).

What they're measuring

Obesity treatment initiation

Timeframe: 18 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05346575

SponsorVA Office of Research and Development

Sponsor typeFED

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-08-31