Executive Function Enhanced Parent-Based Treatment for Children With ADHD and Overweight or Obesity
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The pilot study will be a one group open-label treatment program and will be used to refine a parent-based behavioral treatment enhanced with executive-function training (PBT-EF) for children with comorbid overweight or obesity and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 8
Maximum Age: 12
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Child with overweight or obesity (85-99.9% BMI for age),
• Child age 8-12,
• Child with a diagnosis of ADHD,
• A parent willing to participate who can read and understand English at a minimum of a fifth-grade level, able to attend treatment sessions remotely via Zoom on video.
Locations
United States
California
UCSD Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR)
RECRUITING
San Diego
Contact Information
Primary
Allison S Tietz, BS
astietz@health.ucsd.edu
(858)380-5579
Backup
Dawn M Eichen, PhD
deichen@ucsd.edu
(858)534-8322
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-07-26
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: Executive Function-Enhanced Parent-Based Behavioral Treatment (PBT-EF)
PBT-EF will integrate executive function training with family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) for obesity, the gold-standard behavioral treatment for childhood obesity. PBT-EF will include self-monitoring, calorie reduction, and dietary and physical activity recommendations in addition to planning, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
Leads: University of California, San Diego