Collaborative Multi-level Obesity Intervention Engaging Underserved Communities Trial

Conditions

• Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 75 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Health Literacy and Culturally Tailored Materials — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will receive health literacy-appropriate written information on community resources and weight management
• Community-Engaged Health Coaching and Navigation — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will receive virtual coaching sessions over a 6-month period from trained Community Health Workers (CHWs). Coaching will include culturally competent information and strategies for weight management, and linking participants to community wellness resources identified in Community Asset Mapping (see below). Coaches will also remotely monitor patients' weight loss and physical activity via online portals to provide patients with tailored support during coaching sessions.
• Self-Monitoring and Remote Patient Monitoring of weight and physical activity — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants will self-monitor weight and physical activity during the 6-month health coaching protocol using a cellular-connected digital weight scale and a Bluetooth-connected wrist-worn fitness tracking device (e.g., Fitbit). Participants will be instructed to weigh themselves and wear a fitness tracker (e.g., Fitbit) daily. Health coaches will remotely monitor weight and physical activity data logged by these devices to incorporate into health coaching sessions.
• Community Asset Mapping (CAM) — OTHER
  The CHW from each intervention community clinic will convene a team of community members, including but not limited to CONNECT participants, that will meet regularly to identify and describe community assets that enable, support, and promote healthy lifestyles related to weight loss and management (e.g., healthy eating and physical activity resources). Community teams will be supported to design and implement Community Action Projects to promote the utilization of community resources identified in the map.
• Primary Care Provider Training — OTHER
  Education sessions will be provided to FQHC providers. The training curriculum is designed to increase healthcare providers' knowledge of evidence-based and guideline-concordant obesity management strategies in primary care settings.
• Obesity Toolkit for Primary Care Providers — OTHER
  We will provide FQHC providers with a toolkit containing additional obesity management resources and information and the community resource guides given to participants to support obesity management.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of an evidence-based multi-level intervention for weight loss and the feasibility, fidelity, and sustainability of implementing the intervention in low-income and underserved people living with obesity in Louisiana. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will an evidence-based multi-level obesity intervention (called LA-CEAL CONNECT) in adults living with obesity in low-income and underserved communities achieve weight loss at 6 months compared to enhanced usual care? * Will LA-CEAL CONNECT sustain weight loss at 12 months? * Will LA-CEAL CONNECT improve waist circumference, diet quality, physical activity, quality of life, and blood pressure at 6 and 12 months? * Will LA-CEAL CONNECT be feasible to implement in adults living with obesity in low-income and underserved communities? Researchers will compare the LA-CEAL CONNECT multilevel weight loss intervention to enhanced usual care to evaluate if LA-CEAL CONNECT leads to greater weight loss and greater changes in waist circumference, diet, physical activity, quality of life, and blood pressure than enhanced usual care. Participants in both arms will: * Receive health literacy-tailored educational materials and resources for weight loss * Visit the clinic site for baseline, 6-month and 12-month study visits to collect clinical and survey measurements Participants in the CONNECT intervention arm will also: * receive health coaching * self-monitor weight and physical activity using digital technologies * attend group meetings to identify and increase utilization of community health and wellness resources

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 14, 2025

Status verified

May 2026

Primary completion

Mar 31, 2028

Completion

Mar 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

522 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: LA-CEAL CONNECT Intervention
  Participants will receive: 1) culturally tailored and health literacy-appropriate educational materials about weight loss and obesity, 2) health coaching from community health workers over 6 months, and 3) digital weight scale and fitness tracker (e.g., Fitbit). Communities will receive support to conduct Community Asset Mapping and design and implement Community Action Projects to promote health resources in their community. FQHC clinic providers will receive: 1) education on guideline-based obesity management, 2) toolkit with resources for obesity management.
• Active Comparator: Enhanced Usual Care
  Participants will receive culturally tailored and health literacy-appropriate educational materials about weight loss and obesity. FQHC clinic providers will receive education on obesity management.

Primary Outcome Measure

Between-group difference in % weight change [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts

• Laura Perry, PhD
  504-988-8906
  [email protected]
• Erin Peacock, PhD, MPH
  504-988-1075
  [email protected]

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