Effectiveness of Combining Antiobesity Medication With an Employer-Based Weight Management Program for Treatment of Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The clinical efficacy of antiobesity medications (AOMs) as adjuncts to lifestyle intervention is well characterized, but data regarding their use in conjunction with workplace wellness plans are lacking, and coverage of AOMs by US private employers is limited.

Objective

To determine the effect of combining AOMs with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, employer-based weight management program (WMP) compared with the WMP alone on weight loss, treatment adherence, and work productivity and limitations.

Design, setting, and participants

This 1-year, single-center, open-label, parallel-group, real-world, randomized clinical trial was conducted at the Cleveland Clinic's Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, from January 7, 2019, to May 22, 20

SUBMITTER: Pantalone KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278271 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature