Feasibility and efficacy of a weight maintenance treatment approach for adolescent obesity via telephone counseling following an obesity treatment program: a randomized controlled trial

Feasibility and efficacy of a weight maintenance treatment approach for adolescent obesity via telephone counseling following an obesity treatment program: a randomized controlled trial - TeAM (Telephone counselling as an adiposity management program)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00004583

Enrollment

150

Registered

2012-11-30

Start date

2012-12-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

E66.9

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group in the efficacy study (6 months) receives telephone counseling (systemic approach according to the solution-focused brief therapy after DeShazer) and tailored SMS messages,

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

14 Years to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: adolescents aged 14-18 years, completion of a structured inpatient obesity therapy program (reconvalescent care), Informed consent of parents or guardians and of adolescents themselves into participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: current involvement in weight loss treatment, psychiatric conditions interfering with participation (e.g. eating disorder, psychosis), medication interfering with participation or weight maintenance, underlying chronic disease interfering with weight maintenance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome is BMI-SDS. Study visits, performed by trained medical staff, include one baseline visit (T0), after written agreement into participation and prior to randomization, and one closing visit after the end of intervention (T1) and two follow up visits (12 and 24 months after randomization (T2+T3)) for both groups (i.e. intervention and control group) to determine baseline and endpoint data.	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary outcome is BMI-SDS. Study visits, performed by trained medical staff, include one baseline visit (T0), after written agreement into participation and prior to randomization, and one closing visit after the end of intervention (T1) and two follow up visits (12 and 24 months after randomization (T2+T3)) for both groups (i.e. intervention and control group) to determine baseline and endpoint data.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Both groups are asked to complete questionnaires (at T0, T1, T2 and T3) in order to obtain data on socio-demography, psychosocial status (KIDSCREEN, self image scale), daily physical activity, leisure time habits (MoMo Questionnaire), and eating behavior (DEBQ-K, FFQ) as well as on usage of health services (EQ-5D).	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactA. Grimm

Integriertes Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum (IFB) AdipositasErkrankungen, Universität Leipzig

TeAM@medizin.uni-leipzig.de+49 (0)341 97 26 315

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026