Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:33 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:33 AM
NCT ID:
NCT03037567
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 43 kg/m²
* Ability to read and speak English
* All ethnic groups will be recruited
* Self-report desire to lose weight and willing to follow study recommendations
* Use of an iPhone with iOS 8.0 or later for use on a daily basis, and basic app skills
* Have access to the internet via a computer, and basic computer skills
Exclusion Criteria:
* Currently following a commercial weight-loss program (including Weight Watchers) or who followed a weight loss program in the previous 6 months or who were members of Weight Watchers within the past 12 months
* Another member of the household participating in the study.
* Pregnant or nursing, or planning on becoming pregnant over the next 9 months.
* Planning to relocate in the next 9 months
* Involvement in another research study that would interfere with participation in this study
* Excessive alcohol intake or dependence
* Recent weight loss of ≥ 5 kg in the previous 6 months.
* Report health problems that make weight loss or unsupervised exercise unsafe or unreasonable (e.g., orthopedic limitations, heart problems, history or heart attack or stroke)
* History of clinically diagnosed eating disorder.
* Untreated thyroid disease or and changes in dose or type of thyroid medication over previous 6 months
* Chronic/inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders (Irritable Bowel Syndrome acceptable)
* Taking any prescription medication with known effects on appetite or weight
* Previous surgical procedure for weight loss.
* Major surgery within the previous 6 months.
* Resting systolic blood pressure \>160 mmHg or resting diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg
* Diuretic use over 1.5mg per day
* Diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
* Presence of implanted cardiac defibrillator or pacemaker.
* History of presence of cancer within past 5 years or current treatment for cancer (completely resected basal or squamous cell carcinoma acceptable if treatment
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT03037567
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03037567