Partnership to Reduce Obesity in Community Health Center Patients (SMARTLife Utah)
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old or older * BMI ≥ 30 * Speak either English or Spanish * Present at the participating clinic * Valid cell phone number in the electronic health record (EHR) * EHR indicates they have not opted out of receiving text messages from the clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Currently pregnant
About the study
The long-term objective of SMARTLife Utah is to increase the reach of existing digital EBIs for obesity among patients of Community Health Centers (CHCs). SMARTLife Utah will be conducted in up to 11 Community Health Center (CHC) systems, consisting of 38 primary care clinics. SMARTLife Utah is a hybrid Type III effectiveness-implementation design, utilizing a pragmatic, multilevel, three-phase Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART). SMARTLife Utah leverages ubiquitous health information technology(HIT)/telehealth for both the implementation strategies and Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) delivery in order to address barriers for engaging in EBIs.
Implementation strategies target two different levels to increase the reach of EBIs:
1. a clinic-level HIT implementation strategy that includes enhanced system supports at the point of care; and 2. patient-level implementation strategies that provide repeated opportunities to enroll in EBIs, as well as motivation/practical problem-solving to facilitate enrollment.
What is being tested
- Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC) (behavioral)
- Text Messaging (TM) (behavioral)
- Connect Only (CO) (behavioral)
- TM-Continued (TM-Cont) (behavioral)
- Continued TM plus Motivation And Problem Solving (TM+MAPS) (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Utah · Participants: 5,354 · Started: Jul 3, 2026
Contact the study team
- Chelsey Schlechter, PhD · Phone: 801-213-5704
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07582016
Locations in the U.S.
| Utah | Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.