Determining the Optimal Amount of Structured Environments for Healthy Kids

Part of paid clinical trials in Columbia, South Carolina.

Sponsor
University of South Carolina
Study ID
NCT06158594
Phase
PHASE2
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Ethnic Groups
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Socioeconomic Factors

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
5 Years - 12 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Summer day camp — BEHAVIORAL
    The summer day camp programs are existing camps which take place at schools from which children will be recruited. The camps are not singularly focused, such as sport camps or academic only camps. Rather, the camps provide indoor and outdoor opportunities for children to be physically active each day, provide enrichment and academic programming, as well as provide breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

Study Details

Studies show that virtually all increases in children's (5-12yrs) BMI occur during the summer, no matter children's' weight status (i.e., normal weight, overweight, or obese) at summer entry. Recent preliminary studies show that children engage in healthier behaviors on days that they attend summer day camps, and that BMI gain does not accelerate for these children. The proposed randomized dose-response study will identify the dose-response relationship between amount of summer programming and summer BMI gain.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 1, 2024
Status verified
Mar 2024
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2028
Completion
Aug 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
360 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • No Intervention: Control
    Children in this group will not receive a voucher to attend a pre-existing summer program
  • Experimental: 4-week voucher
    Children in this group will receive a voucher to attend 4-weeks of a pre-existing summer program
  • Experimental: 6-week voucher
    Children in this group will receive a voucher to attend 6-weeks of a pre-existing summer program
  • Experimental: 8-week voucher
    Children in this group will receive a voucher to attend 8-weeks of a pre-existing summer program

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Body Mass Index [ Time Frame: End of school year (0 months, start of summer), beginning of school year (3 months, end of summer) and end of following school year (12 months) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of South CarolinaColumbiaSouth Carolina29205
Robert G Weaver
[email protected]

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