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CompletedNCT00475163MIMUpdated Mar 4, 2009

Mentors in Motion: A Physical Activity Intervention for Obese Adolescents

An interventional study of Behavior modification in Obesity, sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 17 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-03-04.

Sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
34
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
13 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Assesing the impact of mentoring on the lifestyle choices of adolescents who are overweight

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Randomized controlled trial of the impact of weekly contacts with mentors to improve physical activity pattern, self esteem, and weight loss in obese teenagers over a 6 month period.

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Conditions studied

  • Obesity

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Keywords

  • Obesity
  • Mentoring
  • Fitness
  • Self-esteem
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In context

Obesity

6,296 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 1,692 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 34 is below the median of 78 across 4,878 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.

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Lead sponsor

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre is the lead sponsor of 414 studies on the registry; 106 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • 13-17 yo Able to participate in physical activity

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • On medications that could affect weight
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
34 participants (actual)

Interventions

  • BehavioralBehavior modification
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Weight gain

  2. Fitness

  3. self esteem

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Study locations

1 site
  • Montreal Children's Hospital
    Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3, Canada
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 4, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00475163
Lead sponsor
McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
First posted
May 21, 2007
Start date
Nov 2004
Primary completion
May 2008
Completion
May 2008
Last update
Mar 4, 2009

Study contacts

Laurent Legault, MD
principal investigator · Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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