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Web Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity (vHAPPY Trial)

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Led By Marissa A Gowey, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline (0 weeks), post intervention (14 weeks) and six months post intervention (38 weeks)
Awards & highlights

vHAPPY Trial Summary

This study is evaluating whether a web-based program can help children with obesity.

Eligible Conditions
  • Childhood Obesity
  • Executive Function

vHAPPY Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline (0 weeks), post intervention (14 weeks) and six months post intervention (38 weeks)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline (0 weeks), post intervention (14 weeks) and six months post intervention (38 weeks) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Acceptability - Interviews
Acceptability - Surveys
Feasibility - Interviews
+1 more
Secondary outcome measures
Child Behavioral Functioning - Overall
Child Body Mass Index Z-Score
Child Subjective Executive Function
+4 more
Other outcome measures
Adherence
Child Eating Behavior
Child Health Related Quality of Life - Parent Report
+9 more

vHAPPY Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Web-Based TreatmentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
A web-based treatment for pediatric overweight or obesity will be piloted with 10 caregiver and child pairs. Assessments will take place pre (0 months), post intervention (3.5 months) and at six months post-intervention (9.5 months) to evaluate patient outcomes, acceptability and feasibility.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Web Based Treatment
2021
N/A
~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Alabama at BirminghamLead Sponsor
1,574 Previous Clinical Trials
2,273,338 Total Patients Enrolled
Childrens of Alabama Kaul Pediatric Research InstituteUNKNOWN
Marissa A Gowey, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
1 Previous Clinical Trials
184 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Virtual Health Focused Acceptance-Based Program for Parents and Youth
Marissa Gowey 2021. "Virtual Health Focused Acceptance-Based Program for Parents and Youth". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04634045.
~5 spots leftby Apr 2025
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