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PAW: Pain and Weight Treatment for Adolescents

This study is testing a new approach called PAW (Pain and Weight Treatment) to help teenagers aged 12-18 who are in a weight management program and also experience chronic pain. Many teens in weight loss programs struggle to complete them or keep the weight off. This study believes that addressing pain, which is common in teens with obesity, might help them stick with their weight management plan. You would be assigned to either the PAW treatment plus standard care, or Pain Education plus standard care. The researchers will look at how often participants attend their sessions over 13 weeks to see if the new PAW treatment helps. The study is currently recruiting 50 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 50 planned participants. It compares two different behavioral interventions: PAW (Pain and Weight Treatment) and Pain Education.
What's involved
You would need to be enrolled in a weight management program and attend sessions over 13 weeks. You and a parent or guardian would need to sign consent forms.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcome is measured through the 13 weeks of the fit5 program.

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NCT04046562

Pain and Weight Treatment: Development and Trial of PAW

Recruiting
NAAges 12–18InterventionalTreatment
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
~50 participants
Updated 2026-07-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:PAWPain Education

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Mean difference in session attendance between groups
Measured over Through the 13 weeks that comprise fit5

Conditions

Obesity, Adolescent
Pain, Chronic
CBT

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Connecticut1

Study leadership

  • Melissa Santos, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Who to contact

Melissa Santos, PhD
[email protected]
860-837-6739
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Males and females between 12 and 18 years of age
Ability to speak, write and read English
A parent or guardian who speaks, writes and reads English
Signed consent and assent from the child and parent
Enrollment in a weight management program
Score greater than 3 on the Pain Burden Inventory at screening (in order to recruit adolescents who experience more than just general aches and pains).
Youth reporting musculoskeletal pain

Exclusion

Parent or guardian unable to participate
Patients on weight reducing medications
Severe psychiatric illness (i.e., suicidal or hospitalization within past 6 months)
Medical conditions such as Type 1 diabetes

What this trial measures

  • Mean difference in session attendance between groupsThrough the 13 weeks that comprise fit5

    The number of sessions of fit5 attended will be compared between the group attending PAW and those in the information control group.