Clinical trials: Energy Expenditure
Healthy
Energy Expenditure Methodology Infant
Indirect calorimetry is valuable in determining resting energy expenditure in infants, children and adults. This measure will estimate the number of calories needed per day under resting conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT01905085
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 30 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
Body Weight Changes, Body Composition
Breakfast and Muscle Health in Children
One in every three children ages 2-19 years is overweight or obese. Although multifactorial in nature, obesity is primarily attributed to a mismatch between energy intake and energy expenditure (EE).
- Conditions
- Body Weight Changes, Body Composition, Muscle Mass, Energy Expenditure
- Trial name
- NCT03602144
- Testing
- Carbohydrate, Protein
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Obesity and Overweight, Leptin Resistance
Reprogramming Energy Homeostasis in Overweight Individuals Via Exercise, Cognitive, and Social Training
The RESILIENT project is a clinical trial investigating leptin sensitivity in both children and adults with overweight or obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity and Overweight, Leptin Resistance, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- Resilient (NCT06931730)
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention, Physical Activity training, Cognitive training
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
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
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
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Anorexia in Adolescence, Anorexia Nervosa
3-Dimensional Optical Scanning to Assess and Monitor Malnutrition in Eating Disorders (3D-ED) Study
People with anorexia nervosa often become medically unstable because of severe malnutrition and require hospitalization for nutritional rehabilitation.
- Conditions
- Anorexia in Adolescence, Anorexia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating/Purging Type
- Trial name
- 3D-ED (NCT07726524)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Motor Activity
Estimating Energy Expenditure in Active Video Gaming Compared to Unstructured, Outdoor Play in Children
The increasing use of sedentary screen-based activities (SBAs) has been most recently blamed for children and adolescents' lack of engagement in physical activity (PA).
- Trial name
- NCT01430715
- Testing
- Active vido games and outdoor play
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Nutrition Support in Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation
The purpose of this study is to determine which method of providing parenteral nutrition (complete intravenous nutrition) will provide the best nutritional and clinical results to children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell…
- Trial name
- NCT00115258
- Testing
- parenteral nutrition titrated to measured REE
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Infant,Premature
Impact of Protein Supplementation to Mother Milk on Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) in Growing Healthy Preterm Infants.
Resting Energy Expenditure is the amount of energy, usually expressed in Kcal required for a 24 hour period by the body during resting conditions. It is closely related to, but not identical to, basal metabolic rate.
- Trial name
- NCT03501485
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
A Pilot Clinical Trial of Pyruvate, Creatine, and Niacinamide in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
This study intends to study the safety and tolerance of the combination of pyruvate, creatine, and niacinamide over 6 months in patients with PSP.
- Trial name
- NCT00605930
- Testing
- Pyruvate, creatine, niacinamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
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
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Effects of Nocturnal Non-invasive Ventilation on Energy Expenditure in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
It has been shown, that in patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the additional use of non-invasive ventilation during pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) may enhance the benefits of PR.
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Non-invasive Ventilation, Energy Expenditure
- Trial name
- NCT01961245
- Testing
- nocturnal non-invasive ventilation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Body Composition, Energy Intake and Expenditure in People With Phenylketonuria
This will be case-control study investigating whether dietary intake and components of energy expenditure such as Basal metabolic rate (BMR), physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) and diet induce thermogenesis (DIT) are…
- Trial name
- NCT03309345
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Pediatric Critical Illness
Indirect Calorimetry Measurement in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit's Smallest Patients
Indirect calorimetry is considered the reference method for measuring energy expenditure in intensive care patients. However, in infants and small children weighing less than 10 kilograms, its clinical use has historically been…
- Trial name
- Q-NRG2025 (NCT07462806)
- Testing
- Q-NRG+
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Overweight Adolescents
SubsTRate OxidatioN in Girls
This study will examine race differences in total energy expenditure and respiratory quotient (RQ) during and after exercise, compared to a sedentary control condition, in adolescent girls who are classified as overweight.
- Trial name
- STRONG (NCT04483921)
- Testing
- Acute exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Octreotide Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
The purpose of this study is to investigate over a 6 month period the effect of octreotide therapy on food intake, sense of hunger, body weight, body composition, efficiency of burning calories, biomarkers of weight regulation…
- Trial name
- NCT00399893
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Adolescent Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Breakfast Omission and Energy Balance in Girls
There is a distinct lack of experimental evidence on whether breakfast consumption and omission affect energy balance-related variables.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04481776
- Testing
- Breakfast consumption, Breakfast omission
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bedfordshire
Crohn's Disease, Protein Metabolism
Protein and Energy Metabolism in Pediatric Crohn's Disease
The metabolic response to Crohn's disease, including increased proteolysis and lipolysis and changes in energy expenditure, plays a significant role in the resulting malnutrition from which these patients suffer.
- Conditions
- Crohn's Disease, Protein Metabolism, Energy Metabolism
- Trial name
- NCT00583232
- Testing
- Stable isotope infusions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University