Obesity Trial, Recruiting NCT05530538 Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles Condition: Obesity
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Obesity Trial, Recruiting

NCT05530538
Recruiting Not Applicable

Who may be able to join

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Who might be able to join this trial:

  • People aged 14 to 21 years old
  • People who own an iPhone or are willing to use one provided by the study
  • People who can read and speak English
  • People who answer in a specific way on a short 5-question survey about motivation to manage their weight — for example, people who are planning to do something about their weight in the next 30 days, have been actively trying to lose weight for less than 6 months, or have been trying to maintain their weight for more than 6 months
  • People whose BMI (a measure of body weight relative to height) is at or above the 85th percentile for their age and gender — meaning their weight is higher than at least 85% of people the same age and gender (confirm with trial site)

Who may not be able to join:

  • People with a psychiatric condition or developmental delay that requires immediate or ongoing treatment that could make taking part in the study difficult or harmful
  • People whose parent or guardian is unable to give consent on their behalf, or whose parent or guardian refuses to give consent (for participants who are minors)
  • People who have been diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome, a brain tumor, hypothalamic obesity, or another condition known to be linked to obesity
  • People who are currently taking part in another weight loss program or intervention
  • People who took part in a previous app-based weight loss study run by the same research team

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.

Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.

This is a simplified plain English summary of the eligibility criteria. Full criteria are set by the trial investigators and may include additional requirements not shown here. Never self-exclude from a trial based on this summary. Contact the trial site directly to confirm your eligibility.
Last synced 23 July 2026
This study is not part of the standard drug-approval phase pathway (for example an observational, device, behavioural, or registry study), so a phase success rate does not apply.

Contact this trial

Principal Investigator: Vibha Singhal, MD, MBBS, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles

Phone: 3108939522

Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.

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Trial details

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Not Applicable
Registry
ClinicalTrials.gov
Start date
1 November 2023
Est. completion
1 December 2026

Where this trial is recruiting

🇺🇸 United States

Primary endpoints

Quantity of Engagement with App; Satisfaction with the App as assessed by the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire; Quality of Engagement with App

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Expanded access pathways

If this trial is not available to you, other access pathways may exist. In Australia, the TGA Special Access Scheme allows access to unapproved therapeutic goods for individual patients.

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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 23 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.

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