Sleep Plus Eating Routines for Weight Loss
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01717352 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 30, 2012
Last Update Posted : January 4, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Overweight and Obesity | Behavioral: Weight Loss Education Behavioral: Sleep and Eating Routine | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 90 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Increasing Sleep Duration: A Novel Approach to Weight Control. Study 5-Randomized Trial of Sleep Plus Eating Routines as An Approach to Prepare Participants for Weight Loss |
Study Start Date : | September 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Weight Loss Education
Provides participants with important information about weight control and healthy eating prior to treatment to prepare participants for participation in a weight loss program and enhance outcomes.
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Behavioral: Weight Loss Education |
Active Comparator: Sleep and Eating Routine
Establish a consistent sleep and eating routine prior to treatment to prepare participants for participation in a weight loss program and enhance outcomes.
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Behavioral: Sleep and Eating Routine |
- Weight [ Time Frame: 20 weeks ]
- Executive Control [ Time Frame: 4 and 20 weeks ]Executive control is measured by a variety of computer assessments. These include Go-No Go, delayed discounting, and perseverence as measured by mirror tracing and a hand grip task.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 21 to 65
- BMI 25 to 45
- sleep 7 hours or less most nights
Exclusion Criteria:
- use of medications affecting sleep
- sleep apnea
- shift work

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01717352
United States, Rhode Island | |
Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center | |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903 |
Principal Investigator: | Rena R Wing, PhD | The Miriam Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Rena R. Wing, Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, The Miriam Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01717352 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
U01CA150387-Study 5 U01CA150387 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | October 30, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 4, 2017 |
Last Verified: | January 2017 |
Weight loss |
Overweight Weight Loss Body Weight Body Weight Changes |