Maâthermes: Spa Treatment for Overweight and Obesity

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

400

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2010

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2010

Conditions
OverweightObesity
Interventions
OTHER

SPA treatment (ST)

"Drug: spa treatment soon after randomization :~Spa treatment of 18 days. Spa treatment : the most adapted to the concerned pathology and common to all of spa resorts (mineral water drinking, bath with automatic air (bubble bathing), mud body wrapping, manual massages, water exercises ;~* nutritional counseling (french nutritional recommendations booklet) ;~* caloric restriction and physical training on demand (non mandatory)."

OTHER

Non SPA treatment (NST)

"Drug: General practitioner (GP) counselling After randomisation Verbal and/or written advice based on the French national guidelines for a healthy life style brochure (given to the patient by the GP at baseline)"

Trial Locations (5)

65000

Cabinet Medical, Capvern-les-Bains

73000

Cabinet Médical, Brides-les-Bains

88000

Cabinet Medical, Vittel

07000

Cabinet Medical, Vals-les-Bains

03000

Cabinet Medical, Vichy

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Université Joseph Fourier

OTHER

collaborator

Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2

OTHER

collaborator

HAT Consultant

UNKNOWN

collaborator

AXONAL S.A.

UNKNOWN

lead

Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale

OTHER