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Obesity and Financial Incentives

Finanzielle Anreize Zur Reduktion Von Übergewicht

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01629576
Acronym
Obesity
Enrollment
700
Registered
2012-06-27
Start date
2010-03-31
Completion date
2014-10-31
Last updated
2012-06-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Brief summary

Investigate whether economic incentives help obese individuals to lose weight.

Interventions

economic incentive for weight loss

Sponsors

Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* BMI above 30 * age between 18 anf 75 * registered residence in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg

Exclusion criteria

* considerable language barriers * pregnancy * psychological disorders * eating disorders * tumor disease within last five years * abuse of alcohol * abuse of drugs * serious general diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
bodyweight22 months

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026