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NCT00200291 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Changes in Food Reinforcement During Obesity Treatment

A NA study, sponsored by The Miriam Hospital.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
147
Enrollment target

NCT00200291: Completed NA study, sponsored by The Miriam Hospital.

NCT00200291 is a NA study that has completed, run by The Miriam Hospital. The registered enrollment target is 147 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (90% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT00200291, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by The Miriam Hospital.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
147 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

The reinforcing value of food, or how much a person "wants" a food, is an important determinant of food intake. Thus far, food reinforcement has only been studied in laboratory settings, and no studies have examined whether the reinforcing value of food is altered when dietary changes are made. The chronic deprivation that occurs when a low-calorie, low-fat diet is implemented for weight loss may increase the reinforcing value of all foods, but particularly for restricted high-fat foods. Greater increases in the reinforcing value of high-fat foods relative to low-fat foods may be detrimental for sustaining newly adopted eating behaviors that produce weight loss, whereas greater increases in the reinforcing value of low-fat foods relative to high-fat foods may aid in maintaining healthy eating behaviors. The aim of this application is to measure food reinforcement in a clinical setting to determine if food reinforcement changes when a traditional weight loss diet is prescribed. For this ancillary study, 147 volunteers will be recruited from the 165 overweight and obese women participating in the Program to Reduce Incontinence by Diet and Exercise (PRIDE) at The Miriam Hospital. As part of PRIDE, these participants will be randomized in a 2-to-1 ratio to either a 6-month weight loss intervention or usual care. Assessments of food reinforcement, dietary intake, and weight will occur at 0 and 6 months. Given that the intervention group changes their diet relative to the usual care group, it is hypothesized: 1) the intervention group will have greater increases in the reinforcing value of both high- and low-fat foods than the usual care group from 0 to 6 months; and 2) within the intervention group, decreases in frequency of consumption of high-fat foods will be related to increases in the reinforcing value of high-fat foods from 0 to 6 months. These results will lead to a novel line of research, examining the relationship between food reinforcement and weight loss maint

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL hypocaloric, low-fat diet

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 147 participants
Start Date 2004-07
Est. Completion 2007-10
Phase NA
The Miriam Hospital

136 total trials

What the finished NCT00200291 record still lists

NCT00200291 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registered 147 participants enrollment target is mid-sized for trials with a published cap, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (90% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which hypocaloric, low-fat diet is the first listed.

NCT00200291 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT00200291 about?

NCT00200291 is a clinical study titled "Changes in Food Reinforcement During Obesity Treatment". The reinforcing value of food, or how much a person "wants" a food, is an important determinant of food intake. Thus far, food reinforcement has only been studied in laboratory settings, and no studies have examined whether the reinforcing value of food is altered when dietary changes are made. The ...

What is the current status of trial NCT00200291?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 147 participants. The study started on 2004-07. Estimated completion is 2007-10.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT00200291?

The interventions under investigation include: hypocaloric, low-fat diet (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT00200291?

This trial is sponsored by The Miriam Hospital, which has 136 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT00200291's enrollment target sits among peer trials

147 703rd of 2000 higher than 1,297 of 2,000 other NA trials

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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