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Active Recreation Through Community-Healthcare Engagement Study
NCT03246763 · View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Study Summary
Current obesity treatment guidelines recommend 26 or more hours of behavior treatment, delivered over a 6-month period in a multidisciplinary weight management clinic. However, this guideline is not feasible in real-world clinic settings where medical visits are costly and poorly reimbursed, and attrition is high, particularly among the most vulnerable children. The National Collaborative on Child Obesity Research has issued a call for research investigating healthcare-community partnerships to improve the effectiveness of child obesity treatment. The World Health Organization supports this approach, and in 2015 modified the chronic disease model to include healthcare-community integration. ARCHES is a three-year project that will develop and evaluate an effective, engaging, and scalable community-healthcare treatment option for low-income and racially diverse children. The project engages four communities in North Carolina and facilitates a local clinic-community partnership, supports the development of an integrated childhood obesity treatment program, and evaluates the feasibility of the integrated program model. The effectiveness of the integrated model will also be evaluated, as we will monitor patient outcomes associated with participation. Participation among teens (ages 11-18) will be incentivized where teen/caregiver dyads will be randomized to a gain or loss frame group at the beginning of the study and have the opportunity to receive and redeem points for attending sessions. Patient and process outcomes associated with participation in the integrated model with and without financial incentives will be evaluated.
Conditions Studied
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment
Study Locations (7)
North Carolina
- First Health — Biscoe
- East Durham Children's Initiative — Durham
- Duke Healthy Lifestyles — Durham
- Better Health — Fayetteville
- Goldsboro Parks and Recreation — Goldsboro
- Wake Med — Raleigh
- Healthy Rowan — Salisbury
Trial Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Enrollment Target | 202 participants |
| Start Date | 2018-06-07 |
| Est. Completion | 2020-05-01 |
| Phase | NA |
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Full Details on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗What the Registry Record Tells You About NCT03246763
The ClinicalTrials.gov registry entry for NCT03246763 describes a study currently listed as completed. It is categorized as NA, which is the standard way researchers label where a study sits along the investigational pathway from early safety work through later efficacy and post-marketing evaluation. The registered enrollment target is 202 participants, a figure that helps gauge the scale of data the investigators plan to collect. The listed sponsor is Duke University, which has 1,129 total studies on file at ClinicalTrials.gov, and sponsors are the parties responsible for study design, oversight, and regulatory filings.
The record links to 2 conditions, with Quality of Life appearing as the primary indexed condition, and to 1 intervention — of which Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment is the first listed. Interventions can include drugs, devices, procedures, behavioral programs, or observational arms, and each is tracked as a separate registry field so that downstream queries can filter accurately. When a trial lists multiple interventions, it usually reflects a multi-arm design or a comparison protocol rather than a single treatment being tested in isolation. The brief summary published in the registry is the clearest source of protocol intent and should be read before drawing conclusions from any sidebar tags.
Geographic footprint matters for practical reasons: NCT03246763 reports 7 study locations spanning 1 distinct geographic area — top geographies include North Carolina. A larger site network tends to correlate with broader recruitment capacity, but it does not imply anything about study quality, and site-level enrollment status can diverge from the overall registry status shown above. Every data point on this page comes from the public ClinicalTrials.gov dataset and is reproduced here for reference only; it is not a medical recommendation, an endorsement of the sponsor, or an invitation to enroll. Verify current status, eligibility criteria, and contact details directly at ClinicalTrials.gov, and discuss any participation decision with your own healthcare provider.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is clinical trial NCT03246763 about?
NCT03246763 is a clinical study titled "Active Recreation Through Community-Healthcare Engagement Study". Current obesity treatment guidelines recommend 26 or more hours of behavior treatment, delivered over a 6-month period in a multidisciplinary weight management clinic. However, this guideline is not feasible in real-world clinic settings where medical visits are costly and poorly reimbursed, and att...
What is the current status of trial NCT03246763?
This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 202 participants. The study started on 2018-06-07. Estimated completion is 2020-05-01.
What conditions does trial NCT03246763 study?
This clinical trial studies the following conditions: Quality of Life, Childhood Obesity. These conditions were identified from the trial registry and reflect the primary focus areas of the research.
What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03246763?
The interventions under investigation include: Integrated community-healthcare childhood obesity treatment (BEHAVIORAL). Each intervention is being evaluated for safety and efficacy as part of this clinical study.
Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03246763?
This trial is sponsored by Duke University, which has 1,129 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. The sponsor is responsible for the study's design, funding, and regulatory compliance.
Where is trial NCT03246763 being conducted?
This trial has 7 study locations across North Carolina. Contact the study sites directly through ClinicalTrials.gov for enrollment availability.
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