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Food Rating for Childhood Obesity (BRAKE Trial)

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Research Sponsored by Penn State University

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

Awards & highlights

BRAKE Trial Summary

This trial looks at how rural children's eating habits can lead to obesity and how to identify and target factors that promote resiliency. It will look at how environmental cues can influence behavior and eating habits, and how this relates to obesity.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for healthy 8-9-year-old children who speak English, without neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD or learning disabilities such as dyslexia. They should not have food allergies relevant to the study, nor be on medications affecting weight, taste, intake, behavior, or blood flow. A knowledgeable parent must accompany them.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study investigates how different reinforcement learning styles (goal-tracking and sign-tracking) relate to obesity in children from rural areas. It involves computer tasks assessing these learning styles and measures body fat using dual x-ray absorptiometry along with brain responses to food cues.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves non-invasive procedures like computer tasks and body scans rather than medication or invasive treatments, there are no direct side effects associated with the interventions being studied.

BRAKE Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline

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

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Child body mass index

Food intake in grams during a snack buffet when not hungry

Food intake in grams during a standard meal

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Secondary outcome measures

Eye-tracking during the food choice task (during functional near infrared spectroscopy)

Eye-tracking during the value-modulated attentional capture task

Oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin in response to food choice

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Other outcome measures

Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function - 2

Binge Eating Scale

Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire

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BRAKE Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: WantingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Children will rate foods on desire to eat

Group II: TasteExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Children will rate foods on taste

Group III: HealthExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Children will rate foods on health

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)NIH

321 Previous Clinical Trials

401,673 Total Patients Enrolled

Penn State UniversityLead Sponsor

355 Previous Clinical Trials

125,681 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Health Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05456516 — N/A

Childhood Obesity Research Study Groups: Health, Wanting, Taste

Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial 2023: Health Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05456516 — N/A

Health 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05456516 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is the end goal of this investigation?

"The principal focus of this clinical trial, which is measured over a baseline period, is the Child Body Mass Index. Additionally, eye-tracking during value-modulated attentional capture task will be studied to determine how rewarding items affect concentration; population density near the child's primary residence acts as an indicator for rural living; and oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin activity in response to rating food health, taste, and wanting will be monitored using functional near infrared spectroscopy."

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Are individuals aged 40 or more welcome to take part in this clinical experiment?

"Participants that can be recruited for this trial must fall between 8 and 9 years old."

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Who has the eligibility to participate in this research trial?

"This clinical trial requires that all participants have an eating disorder and be between 8 to 9 years old. The research team are hoping to recruit a total of 76 people for this experiment."

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What is the capacity of participants for this research project?

"Affirmative. Evidence on clinicaltrials.gov shows this investigation is currently gathering patients, having first been posted on October 1st 2023 and last edited April 27th of the same year. The research requires 76 participants to be enrolled from a single site."

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Is this research endeavor actively recruiting participants?

"According to information provided on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is now open for recruitment. The first post was made on January 10th 2023 and the most recent update occurred April 27th of that same year."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Study of Brain, Reward, and Kids' Eating

Alaina Pearce 2023. "Study of Brain, Reward, and Kids' Eating". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05456516.