A Study to See if an iPhone Weight Management App Can Help Promote Weight Loss in Adolescents and Young Adults After a Stem Cell Transplant

Description

This early phase I trial studies how well a behavioral weight loss intervention consisting of a smartphone application and coaching works for the promotion of weight loss in adolescents and young adults after a stem cell transplant. This study may help researchers learn more about how adolescents and young adults can lose weight and develop healthy eating habits.

Conditions

Obesity, Malignant Neoplasm

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Study overview

This early phase I trial studies how well a behavioral weight loss intervention consisting of a smartphone application and coaching works for the promotion of weight loss in adolescents and young adults after a stem cell transplant. This study may help researchers learn more about how adolescents and young adults can lose weight and develop healthy eating habits.

Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Utilizing Mobile Health Technology in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients (BWL001)

A Study to See if an iPhone Weight Management App Can Help Promote Weight Loss in Adolescents and Young Adults After a Stem Cell Transplant

Condition
Obesity
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients with a history of HSCT of any type, at least 100 days post-transplant at initial consultation of the study, will be eligible for the study
  • * Patients must classify as obese, represented as body mass index (BMI) \>= 85th percentile for age and gender
  • * Patients must also be able to read English since the app intervention is only available in English form
  • * No patients will be excluded for any specific underlying medical condition, but decisions will be made on a case by case basis if a patient's functioning is deemed to significantly interfere with intervention participation
  • * PARENT:
  • * His/her child meets all inclusion criteria
  • * \>= 18 years of age
  • * Can speak English
  • * Patients who are \< 100 days post-transplant at initial consultation will not be eligible for the study, but may become eligible if they are \> 100 days post-transplant at their next consultation that falls within the enrollment window
  • * Patients whose BMI does not fall under the obese category will be excluded

Ages Eligible for Study

13 Years to 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center,

Theodore B Moore, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31