Clinical trials: Energy Expenditure
Infant Development, Infant Overnutrition
Measurement of Energy Metabolism in Infants
The purpose of this study is to measure energy expenditure during the first 3 months of life in infants.
- Trial name
- BabyEE Pilot (NCT02683473)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Cerebral Palsy
Effect of Dysport Injections on Energy Expenditure and Walking Efficiency in Children With Cerebral Palsy
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of single event multi level chemoneurolysis with the abobotulinumtoxin A drug, Dysport®, on walking energy expenditure and gait in children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT03469999
- Testing
- Dysport Injectable Product
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
Energy Expenditure, Diet and Body Fat in Children
To characterize the pattern of change over a two year period in energy expenditure and energy intake in two cohorts of American Indian (AI) children.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00024817
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Respiratory Insufficiency in Children, Noninvasive Ventilation
Validation of Indirect Calorimetry in Children Undergoing Non-invasive Ventilation
Nutritional status in critically ill pediatric patients is considered a fundamental prognostic factor in terms of mortality, morbidity, complications and outcome.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Insufficiency in Children, Noninvasive Ventilation, Nutrition Assessment
- Trial name
- CALO-NIV (NCT03824249)
- Testing
- Indirect Calorimetry
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Spastic Diplegia
Effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Postural Sway and Energy Expenditure in Children With Spastic Diplegia
this study will be conducted To determine the effect of vestibular rehabilitation training on postural sway and energy expenditure in children with spastic cerebral palsy and To determine any relation between postural sway and…
- Trial name
- NCT07617935
- Testing
- vestibular rehabilitation, conventional physical therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Weight
Energy Expenditure Assessment of Premature Infants
The goal of this study is verify if the energy expenditure in preterm infant fed with human milk is different from preterm formula.
- Trial name
- NCT00769509
- Testing
- energy expenditure in preterm fed with preterm formula, assessment of energy expenditure
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Preterm Infants
Energy Expenditure in Breast and Bottle Feeding Preterm Infants Fed Their Mother's Breast Milk
OBJECTIVE. Neonatologists consider early feeding at the breast to be too tiring for preterm infants, although there is no evidence that this is actually the case.
- Trial name
- NCT00838188
- Testing
- Way of Feeding - Breast feeding vs. Bottle feeding
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Evolution of the Energy Expenditure During Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
The treatment before bone marrow transplantantion is initiated by chemotherapy associated or not with radiotherapy, both of which cause various side effects on the patient as symptoms that impair food intake.
- Trial name
- NCT04535570
- Testing
- Indirect Calorimetry
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Minas Gerais
Cystic Fibrosis
Study of Total Energy Expenditure in Infants and Children With Moderate to Severe Cystic Fibrosis
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the resting energy expenditure using respiratory calorimetry in infants and children with moderate to severe cystic fibrosis versus age matched healthy controls. II.
- Trial name
- NCT00006273
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Cerebral Palsy
Loaded Vs Unloaded Sit to Stand Strengthening Exercises in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy(CP) is non-progressive disorder, undergo mishap to the developing brain and it affect a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Old name of CP is "Little's disease".
- Trial name
- NCT06190418
- Testing
- Loaded sit to stand strengthening exercise, Unloaded sit to stand strengthening exercise
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Constitutional Growth Delay, Nutrition Disorders
Nutrients and Hormones: Effects in Boys With Disordered Growth
The purpose of the study is to find out if patients with constitutional delay of growth have a mismatch between energy intake and utilization (as measured by doubly labeled water) and to compare the improvement in growth and…
- Conditions
- Constitutional Growth Delay, Nutrition Disorders, Growth Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00139451
- Testing
- Pediasure, GH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Anorexia Nervosa
Body Composition in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
Body Mass Index (BMI) is currently the most widely recommended parameter for identifying underweight subjects. Among eating disorder diseases, anorexia nervosa (AN) is the one with the highest mortality rate and with relapses…
- Trial name
- COCOMETANNER (NCT06800742)
- Testing
- Collection of anthropometric and biochemical parameters
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Pediatric Obesity
Role of Mechanical Load on Metabolic Exercise Adaptations in Response to Weight Loss in Obese Adolescents: The POWELL Study
While interdisciplinary weight loss intervention have been shown successful among adolescents with obesity, a weight regain is most of the time observed within the following weeks or months.
- Trial name
- POWELL (NCT04902001)
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary weight loss
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Obesity, Childhood
Nutrition Intervention to Measure Metabolic Response in Children
The long-term objective of this study is to determine if habitual consumption of high-quality protein at breakfast will lead to improved energy metabolism and decreased daily energy intake in normal weight and overweight…
- Trial name
- NCT03139773
- Testing
- Control Breakfast Beverage, Omega-3 Breakfast Beverage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Energy Expenditure, Body Composition
Energy Expenditure and Body Composition of Infants and Young Children (6-24 Months Old) in Asia
This project is a collaboration between International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), FAO Regional Office for Asia and The Pacific, and Mahidol University, Thailand to carry out the study on doubly-labeled water for assessment of…
- Conditions
- Energy Expenditure, Body Composition, Infants and Young Children, Infant and Young Child Feeding
- Trial name
- NCT06287697
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 391 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Healthy
Pilot Study for Determination of Total Energy Expenditure and Fat Oxidation in Children
The purpose of this study is to determine energy expenditure and fat oxidation in 2 year old children.
- Trial name
- NCT02340286
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Child, Critical Illness
Measuring the Metabolic Cost of Fever
Fever is part of the body's immune response, often triggered by infection. Fever is commonly treated with medicines such as paracetamol, mainly because people feel unwell with fever.
- Conditions
- Child, Critical Illness, Fever
- Trial name
- IGUANA (NCT02939781)
- Testing
- Indirect calorimetry
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Cold Induced Thermogenesis
An Examination of Brown Adipose Tissue and Energy Expenditure in Infants
Excess fetal adipose tissue growth during intrauterine development increases future obesity risk. Development of brown adipose tissue, a highly thermogenic organ in utero, may affect postnatal energy expenditure, thus influencing…
- Trial name
- Born2Burn (NCT05517967)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Healthy
Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity in Preschoolers
The purpose of this study is to calibrate the Actigraph, Respironics and CamNtech monitors, in a wide range of children using energy expenditure measured by respiration calorimetry.
- Trial name
- LILCAL (NCT02075359)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Metabolic Myopathies
Assessment of Energy Metabolism in Metabolic Myopathies
Patients with metabolic myopathies suffer from exercise intolerance due to impaired ability to produce energy and secondary de-conditioning.
- Trial name
- NCT07268287
- Testing
- 12-week Physiotherapy Intervention, 13C-Glucose Breath Test, Doubly labelled water & urine test
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia