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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Does a Virtual Coach Offer a Better Solution for Weight Reduction in Ventral Hernia Patients With Obesity?

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05797974

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The purpose for this research is to create a MyChart-enabled virtual coach that assists obese patients lose weight prior to ventral hernia surgery. Researchers intend to show how the use of a virtual coach is more effective in preoperative weight reduction prior to ventral hernia repair over usual care. Correspondingly, this may lower unplanned hospital readmissions. For this clinical trial, where randomization is not possible, the study team will implement the use of propensity score matching that sorts individuals into different study arms as if randomly assigned. The primary outcome is the average net amount of time-dependent weight change per group over six months. Secondary outcomes are for the intervention group, patient satisfaction with the virtual coach and for both groups, quality of life. In addition, areas of social and economic disadvantage will be identified that may contribute to higher obesity rates. Machine learning (ML) modeling will be used to determine the important features for weight lost over the course of the study. The impact of this work will be to demonstrate efficacy and realized workflow efficiencies within a hospital-based surgery clinic.

Study identification

NCT ID: NCT05797974
Recruitment status: Completed
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Lead sponsor: University of Florida; Other
Enrollment: 32 participants

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Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range: 18 Years to 90 Years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date: Feb 15, 2024 (Actual)
Primary completion: Mar 1, 2025 (Actual)
Completion: Mar 1, 2025 (Actual)
Last update posted: Nov 20, 2025

2024 – 2025

United States locations

U.S. sites: 1
U.S. states: 1
U.S. cities: 1

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site status
University of Florida Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Florida	32209	—

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