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Eatable Alphabet for Childhood Obesity

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Led By Michelle W Katzow, MD, MS

Research Sponsored by Northwell Health

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Child between the ages of 2-10

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 6 months

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Study Summary

This trial tests how Eatable Alphabet cards can help kids 2-10 years old lose weight and adopt healthy behaviors.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for children aged 2-10 who are new patients at the Cohen Children's Medical Center POWER Kids weight management program and have not been seen there in the past two years. They must be overweight or obese, and a caregiver must be available to give consent.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing 'Eatable Alphabet' cards as a nutrition education tool against usual care practices to see if they help manage child weight and improve related behaviors in young children with overweight/obesity issues.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational tools rather than medication, traditional side effects are not expected. However, it's important to monitor for any unintended consequences on behavior or stress levels.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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My child is between 2 and 10 years old.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures

Change in parent reported child vegetable consumption (servings/day)

Secondary outcome measures

Change in child body mass index (BMI) z-score

Change in parent reported child fruit consumption (servings/day)

Change in percent of the 95th percentile of BMI for age and sex

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Usual CareExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Usual care in the POWER Kids weight management program includes a nutrition assessment and education by a registered dietician nutritionist (RD). This includes taking a detailed dietary history, and providing individualized counseling, motivational interviewing, and nutrition education handouts/ web-based resources.

Group II: Eatable AlphabetExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The intervention group will receive usual care, as described above, plus a set of Eatable Alphabet cards, which will be utilized during the visit for counseling and education, and given to the family to take home and use as they wish.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Usual Care

1990

Completed Phase 4

~7700

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwell HealthLead Sponsor

458 Previous Clinical Trials

470,773 Total Patients Enrolled

Michelle W Katzow, MD, MSPrincipal InvestigatorNorthwell Health and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this research venture include participants of advanced age?

"This clinical trial requires participants to have younger than 10 years old. There are 178 trials available for minors and 44 for people over 65 years of age that fulfill the criteria."

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Do I qualify for enrollment in this experimental protocol?

"This clinical trial is requesting 160 patients with childhood obesity who are aged between 2 and 10. Applicants should be new to the POWER Kids weight management program at Cohen Children's Medical Center (not having visited within two years), English-speaking, and meet all other criteria."

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Are there still opportunities to participate in this research?

"The records on clinicaltrials.gov indicate that this trial, originally posted in September 1st 2023 and recently edited 18 days later, is not currently recruiting participants. However, 212 other medical studies are actively looking for patients to join them at this time."

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Recent research and studies

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Eatable Alphabet as a Nutrition Education Tool

Michelle Katzow 2023. "Eatable Alphabet as a Nutrition Education Tool". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05166629.