Autopsy report · NCT00371462

PDA+: A Personal Digital Assistant for Obesity Treatment

“PI no longer has an appointment and has seperated from Hines VAH and project was not transferred to another PI?”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 year 1 month before it started.
• Ran for about 3 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 70 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 5 years 1 month after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

VA Office of Research and Development

Sponsor type

US federal agency

Conditions

Obesity; Pain

Interventions

Use of PDA + support to reduce weight and pain; MOVE! level 2 group weight loss counseling

Participants

70

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.