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POWER

Establishment of the Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER): A prospective pilot project of children and adolescents presenting for weight management.

  • Clinical Trial Information

    Trial Contact: Winbigler, Holly M

    Trial Phone: 3218419560

  • IRB No: 16.058.05

    Protocol Abbrev: POWER

    Principal Investigator: Shaista Syeda Safder, MD

    Age Group: Pediatric

    ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02121132

  • Objective

    1. Enhance the existing infrastructure to more efficiently support a national pediatric obesity registry for overweight and obese youth receiving weight management services.
    2. Describe the general characteristics (demographic, anthropometric and clinical measures) of patients presenting for weight management and predictors (program format, provider type, and patient-level factors) of program response.
    3. Investigate predictors of program retention.

  • Key Eligibility

    Obese patients, age 18 years of age or younger who present for weight management services from May 2014 through October 2020