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New program aims to boost Doctors' weight management skills

NCT ID NCT06529666

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests a training program called MRWeight to help medical residents improve their weight management counseling skills. About 630 first-year residents will either receive the program (sessions and email modules) or standard training. Their counseling skills will be assessed through video scenarios and surveys over 18 months to see if the program makes a difference.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
behavioral intervention (training program with sessions and email modules)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to better training programs that help doctors counsel patients on weight management more effectively.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage educational study with no direct patient treatment, so results may not translate to improved patient outcomes or be adopted widely.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 630 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jun 2024

Expected to finish

Dec 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * All PGY1 residents in participating sites Inclusion Criteria for participating site: * The program is willing and able to incorporate the MRWeight program into the PGY1 core curriculum. * The residency director will allow PGY1s to complete surveys and curriculum evaluations online or in class and to complete a standardized assessment of their knowledge and use of WMC, and * The site will allow inclusion of three successive cohorts of PGY1s to ensure more than a sufficient number of residents to adequately test the effect of the intervention

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Weight management counseling

How to take part

Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.

  1. The places running it

    8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

    ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.

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  3. A doctor treating you

    A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Boston University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

  • Houston Methodist

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Penn State University

    RECRUITING

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Stanford University

    RECRUITING

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Stony Brook

    RECRUITING

    East Setauket, New York, 11733, United States

  • Temple University

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, United States

  • UC Davis

    RECRUITING

    Sacramento, California, 95820, United States