Conditions: Obesity Binge Eating
Keywords: Obesity Binge Eating Monolingual Hispanic Persons Orlistat Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 79
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This is a research study designed to examine the effectiveness of an obesity medication (orlistat) given in addition to behavioral weight loss therapy. Participants will be obese monolingual (Spanish-speaking only) men and women.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Xenical + behavioral intervention arm 2: Placebo + behavioral intervention

Interventions: intervention 1: Xenical + behavioral intervention intervention 2: Behavioral intervention + placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 120 mg TID; Behavioral weight loss in Spanish intervention 2: Behavioral weight loss treatment in Spanish Placebo TID

Protocol document: