Clinical trial NCT04085965: Testing the Feasibility and Preliminary Effect of Summer Camp
Official title: Testing the Feasibility and Preliminary Effect of Summer Day Camp on Excess Summer Weight Gain in Children From Low-income Communities
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Childhood Obesity Prevention
Keywords: Summer Camp
Child overweight / obesity
Diet
Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: The Miriam Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute
First posted: 2019-09-11
Enrollment: 94
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This pilot randomized controlled trial was designed to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of randomizing children, ages 6-12 years from two low-income communities in Rhode Island, to attend a summer day camp (CAMP) or to experience summer as usual (SAU). Children randomized to CAMP attended a Boys and Girls Club summer day camp for 8-weeks in summer 2017 or 2018. As part of the consent process, children randomized to SAU agreed to experience an unstructured summer (i.e. not enroll in more than one week of summer camp, summer school or other structured summer programming). Primary feasibility outcomes included retention, engagement and completion of midsummer measures. Secondary outcomes, change in BMIz (a proxy for excess summer weight gain), physical activity engagement, sedentary behavior, and diet (energy intake and diet quality), were collected by blinded research staff at the end of the school year, midsummer and the end of the summer.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Qualify for free or reduced-price meals at school
* Speak English (for purposes of camp participation)
* Agree, along with their parent(s), to randomization.

Exclusion Criteria:

* A medical condition that interferes with participation in physical activity
* Enrollment in summer programming (camp, summer school, etc) for more than one week

Primary outcomes:
measure: Retention
timeFrame: Baseline to end of summer; 8 weeks
measure: Camp Attendance
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Participation in Summer Activities
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Completion of study measures
timeFrame: Baseline (May / June); Midsummer (mid-July)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Excess summer weight gain
timeFrame: Baseline to end of summer; 8 weeks
measure: Physical Activity
timeFrame: 4-6 weeks (from baseline (end of May / beginning of June) to mid-summer (mid-July))
measure: Sedentary Behavior
timeFrame: 4-6 weeks (from baseline (end of May / beginning of June) to mid-summer (mid-July))
measure: Energy Intake
timeFrame: 4-6 weeks (from baseline (end of May / beginning of June) to mid-summer (mid-July))
measure: Diet Quality
timeFrame: 4-6 weeks (from baseline (end of May / beginning of June) to mid-summer (mid-July))
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: The Miriam Hospital
state: Rhode Island
Study officials:
References:
citation: Evans EW, Wing RR, Pierre DF, Howie WC, Brinker M, Jelalian E. Testing the effect of summer camp on excess summer weight gain in youth from low-income households: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2020 Nov 17;20(1):1732. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09806-y.