An interventional study of Obesity management framework in Childhood Obesity, sponsored by University of Bristol. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-09.
Sponsored by University of Bristol · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Obesity affects one in five children in the UK and undoubtedly causes increased ill health with rising levels of childhood and adolescent diabetes, obesity induced liver disease and increased risk of early heart disease. There are few clinics offering effective treatment for childhood obesity. However, the clinic for childhood obesity at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BCH) has been successful in around 83% of cases. This pilot study aims to examine the feasibility of transferring the success of the hospital clinic to primary care in preparation for a full RCT. The study will entail training a practice nurse, community dietician and exercise specialist to deliver the same clinical service in primary care as that offered in BCH. Initial work will gather the views of staff delivering the hospital service and those of patients and parents to identify the crucial components of the intervention that are likely to be needed in primary care and to then to refine the intervention.A pilot trial will examine how feasible it is to recruit patients into the service and get some initial idea as to whether weight management is equally good, patient satisfaction and retention improves and what data needs to be collected for a full economic assessment. If found to be effective, the next step will be to use knowledge gained in this study to design and undertake a more extensive, formal study across Bristol in various primary care settings.This larger study will address how such a service can be delivered across a complete spectrum of primary care populations, so that similar services could be developed across the country.
The care of childhood obesity clinic (COCO) at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BCH) provides a proven and effective treatment service for childhood obesity and is one of only a few specialist centres in the UK. The clinic service is based around a multidisciplanary team comprising: consultant; specialist nurses; dietitian: exercise specialist. This pilot study examines the feasibility of transferring the hospital clinic to a nurse led primary care setting in preparation for a full RCT. The study involves training a practice nurse to deliver the service in primary care alongside a dietitian and exercise specialist. Initial work will collect the views of staff delivering the hospital service and patients and parents which will enable us to identify the components of the service that will be needed to run a primary care based service. As a pilot we will focus on: (a) whether weight management is equally good in primary care; (b) whether recruitment, patient retention and satisfaction can be improved in primary care and (c) what data need to be collected for a full economic assessment.
Children will be recruited to the trial by GP via electronic referral form designed by the study team. Families of children fulfilling recruitment criteria (age: 5-16, BMI≥98th centile) will be sent a study pack and reply form, all those who do not respond will be contacted by the COCO consultant to clarify willingness to participate. Families declining participation will follow usual care pathway. Recruited families will be randomised to one of two primary care clinics or COCO clinic.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Care of Childhood Obesity Clinic (COCO)
Behavioral: Obesity management framework
Primary care clinics (x2)
Behavioral: Obesity management framework
Treatment in primary care will be compared to treatment in a secondary hospital setting. Treatment in both cases will be provided by a multi-disciplinary team of: obesity or practice nurse, dietitian, exercise specialist with some input from medical team.
To investigate the feasibility of replicating a successful hospital based, childhood obesity clinic in primary care using trained primary care staff and undertake a pilot trial.
To measure whether attendance and retention are similar in primary care clinic to hospital based clinic.
Time frame: 12 months
Primary care staff training
Can we train primary care staff to deliver the weight management intervention
Time frame: 12 months
General practice engagement
Is it possible to engage general practices in structured care of obese children
Time frame: 12 months
Family expectations of locality based, weight management clinics.
What parents and children would like to see in a community based service especially regarding access and retention in the service
Time frame: 12 months
Defining outcomes for main RCT.
The optimum outcome measures to be used in the main RCT especially for the health economics
Time frame: 12 months
The protocol for GP screening to identify exclusions
To produce a GP exclusion criteria list for main RCT.
Time frame: 3 months
Sample size calculation (for main trial)
The likely size of differences between the groups and thus the size of the main trial
Time frame: 24 months
The record gives a start of Apr 2008, a primary completion of Jun 2010 and a completion of Jun 2010. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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