An interventional study of Dyadic intervention and Veteran-only intervention in Obesity, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-11-21.
Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study involves an evaluation of whether social support from a cohabitating adult improves Veteran weight loss in a weight management program.
Dyads comprising a Veteran with obesity and a cohabitating adult will be randomized to participate in a weight management program by the Veteran alone or with their support person. The program will be delivered by research staff using a secure video platform. Outcomes will be assessed remotely at baseline and weeks 24, 48, and 72, with 72 weeks as the primary endpoint.
11,522 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 2,033 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 300 is above the median of 67 across 9,006 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.
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Of its 213 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 185 (87%) have results posted.
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Patient inclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient exclusion criteria
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Veterans and their support person will participate in MOVE!
Behavioral: Dyadic intervention
Veterans will participate in MOVE! alone
Behavioral: Veteran-only intervention
Dyads comprising a Veteran and cohabitating support person will participate in the 16-week VA MOVE! weight loss program delivered by video platform. They will then participate in 6 group sessions focused on weight maintenance skills. Communication skills will be taught throughout the intervention.
Veterans will participate in a 72-week weight management program delivered by video platform. 16 sessions will address weight loss, with 6 additional ones addressing weight loss maintenance.
Body weight (lb)
Measured on a calibrated, digital scale to the nearest 0.1 lb, assessed every 24 weeks with 72 weeks as the primary endpoint
Time frame: 72 weeks
obesity-specific quality of life
Measured on the 31-item, reliable, valid Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite scale. Items are rated on a 5-point graded response scale ranging from never true to always true. Possible scores range from 31 to 155, with greater scores corresponding to greater impairment in quality of life. The measure will be administered every 24 weeks with 72 weeks as the primary endpoint
Time frame: 72 weeks
PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.
Plan to share: No
Ran from Aug 2023 to primary completion in Nov 2025, 27 months.
Of 3,680 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Obesity, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43. This study's 27 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 3,843 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 42.
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This study is completed, as verified in Nov 2025. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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