Clinical trials: Dietary Modification
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Gluten for Autism Spectrum Disorders
BACKGRUOUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common condition. The etiology of ASD remains unknown. Recent studies suggest a link between elimination diets and severity of autistic symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT02280746
- Testing
- Gluten challenge
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Warsaw
Nutritional Quality, Food Insecurity
Grocery Assistance Program Study for Families
An experimental trial will be conducted whereby a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-like food benefit program will be implemented in 240 SNAP eligible households.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Quality, Food Insecurity, Food Legislation, Healthy Diet
- Trial name
- NCT03363048
- Testing
- Restricted, Restriction plus Incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 646 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Refractory Epilepsy
Evaluation of the Modified Atkins Diet in Young Children With Refractory Epilepsy
The modified Atkins diet is a non-pharmacologic therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy that was designed to be a less restrictive alternative to the traditional ketogenic diet.
- Trial name
- NCT01880333
- Testing
- Modified Atkin Diet
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Lady Hardinge Medical College
Mevalonic Aciduria, Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency
Dietary Cholesterol and Defects in Cholesterol Synthesis in Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency
Participants wanted for study of mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), mevalonic aciduria, or hyperimmunoglobulinemia with periodic fever syndrome (HIDS).
- Conditions
- Mevalonic Aciduria, Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency, Immune System Diseases, Periodic Fever Syndromes, Hereditary
- Trial name
- NCT00260299
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Type1diabetes, Low Carbohydrate Diet
Metabolic Changes Induced by a Very Low Carbohydrate Diet in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes
As more adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) opt to follow very low carbohydrate diets to improve glucose control, it is becoming increasingly important to study the metabolic and neurological changes that occur on these diets…
- Trial name
- NCT04955691
- Testing
- low carbohydrate diet, standard carbohydrate diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Gestational Diabetes
Nutcracker: Can Almond Nut Consumption Improve Nocturnal Glycaemic Control in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus?
Gestational diabetes, affecting over one in six births globally, is a growing public health concern. Characterised by high blood glucose, it increases the risk of pregnancy complications and raises the mother's long-term risk of…
- Trial name
- Nutcracker (NCT07069855)
- Testing
- Almond Snack Intervention for Gestational Diabetes
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dietary Diversity
A Feasibility Study of Delivering Adolescent Nutrition Interventions Through School-Based Platforms in Ethiopia
Alive \& Thrive (A\&T) is an initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding…
- Trial name
- NCT04121559
- Testing
- School Interventions, Community Interventions, School System Interventions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,712 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Stunting, Wasting
Weight Patterns in the Month After Birth
This is a prospective cohort study that will be conducted in four low income countries to describe newborn weight patterns in the first month after birth and their association with clinical and demographic factors including…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Undernutrition, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT04025827
- Testing
- Dietary intake
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Guinea-Bissau and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 741 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Infectious Disease, Children, Only
Effect of Prebiotic Fructans to Reduce Number of Febrile Infections in Children
The study aims to confirm the effectiveness of chicory-derived prebiotic inulin-type fructans on the reduction of the number of febrile infections diagnosed by the paediatrician in children.
- Conditions
- Infectious Disease, Children, Only, Diet Modification
- Trial name
- NCT03457688
- Testing
- prebiotic inulin-type fructans
- Volunteers
- 850 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beneo-Institute
Children
Children's Familiarity With Snack Foods Changes Expectations About Fullness
The purpose of this study was to measure and quantify children's beliefs about the satiating properties (i.e. expected satiation)of snack foods.
- Trial name
- NCT01403753
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bristol
Celiac Disease in Children, Gluten Allergy
Mental Perfomance in Patients With Coeliac Disease
Coeliac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated systemic disorder triggered by gluten in genetically predisposed patients. The only available treatment is a strict life long gluten-free diet (GFD), which has been linked to a reduced…
- Trial name
- NCT06519916
- Testing
- Assessment of mental performance
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 444 people
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital Basel
Obesity & Overweight, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
Evaluation of Nutritional Interventions to Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Women With Class III Obesity (BMI >40)
Women with obesity who gain more weight than recommended during pregnancy are more likely to have problems such as cesarean delivery, diabetes in pregnancy, high blood pressure, and larger babies.
- Conditions
- Obesity & Overweight, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, Gestational Weight Gain, Morbid Obesity
- Trial name
- OPTIMAL (NCT07828743)
- Testing
- Nutrition education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Epilepsy, Focal Epilepsy
Modified Atkins Diet Treatment for Adults With Drug-resistant Epilepsy
In Oslo University Hospital, department of complex epilepsy, offer ketogenic diet to treat children with medically intractable epilepsy. From 2009 we added modified Atkins diet as a treatment option for children up to 18 years.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Focal Epilepsy, Generalized Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT01311440
- Testing
- Modified Atkins diet treatment
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Birth Outcomes, Stunting
Uganda Birth Cohort Study
The UBC was a USAID-funded longitudinal prospective cohort study of pregnant women (n= 5030) aged 15-49 years from rural North and South-Western regions of Uganda, conducted between 2014 and 2016.
- Conditions
- Birth Outcomes, Stunting, Wasting, Anemia
- Trial name
- UBC (NCT04233944)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,044 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Alcohol Abuse, Drug Use
The Weaving Healthy Families Program
Alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse and violence in families are co-occurring risk factors that drive health disparities and mortality among Native Americans (NA), making the long-term goal of this research is to promote health…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse, Drug Use, Violence, Domestic, Child Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT03924167
- Testing
- Weaving Healthy Families Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
Critically Ill Children
Improvement Project To Optimizing Nutrition With Higher Protein and Calorie Pediatric Tube Feeding
This quality improvement project will include a practice change based on national guidelines for the nutritional management of PICU patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03017664
- Testing
- Peptide-based enteral formula, Retrospective review of enteral tube feeding formula
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Overactive Bladder
Comparison of Caffeine Reduction and Anticholinergic Medications for Treatment of Overactive Bladder
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of caffeine reduction/elimination on urinary symptoms in women with overactive bladders and compare this therapeutic approach to anticholinergic therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00780832
- Testing
- Dietary Caffeine reduction, Anticholinergic medication
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Non-endoscopic Tracking of Disease Activity in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
To prospectively determine the natural history of inflammation resolution following initiation of diet treatment and to optimize the diet treatment of patients with EoE through the use of a non-endoscopic tracking device, the…
- Trial name
- NCT03834298
- Testing
- Four Food Elimination Diet
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Childhood Obesity, Life Style
Dietary Habits and Sleep in Childhood Obesity
Recruitment of obese children, classification according to sleep questionnaire and randomization in two groups to perform nutritional and sleep intervention. . One group receives dietary intervention through recommendations.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Life Style, Circadian Rhythms
- Trial name
- INFOB (NCT03764579)
- Testing
- sleep and diet intervention vs diet intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate, Diet Habit
The Effect of Double Duty Interventions on Double Burden of Malnutrition Among School Adolescents in Ethiopia
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition, dietary diversity score, and frequency of morbidity among secondary school adolescents…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate, Diet Habit, Undernutrition, Overnutrition
- Trial name
- DBM (NCT05574842)
- Testing
- Double duty interventions using nutrition behavior change communication approach
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 742 people
- Sponsor
- Debre Berhan University