Clinical trials: Nutrition and Energy Balance
Obesity, Childhood
Food Genetics Behavior Study
A genetic risk for obesity does not always translate to the development of obesity among children, which points to the presence of risk-modifying factors that likely relate to energy balance behaviors as key behavioral drivers.
- Trial name
- FOODIE (NCT05783765)
- Testing
- Heightened Drive to Eat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity, Adolescent, Stress
Ethnic Influences on Stress, Energy Balance and Obesity in Adolescents
The study will examine the mechanisms linking race, stress and biobehavioral factors to energy balance and obesity in both natural and controlled environments in African-American and Caucasian adolescent females.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Stress, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT03369691
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 258 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Obesity, Energy Balance
Activity, Adiposity, and Appetite in Adolescents 2 Intervention
The objective of the study is to quantify the relationship between physical activity, metabolic function, and appetite in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Energy Balance, Appetite, Metabolism
- Trial name
- AAAA2INT (NCT05443347)
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise, Newsletter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Obesity
Effects of Playing Video Games on Energy Balance
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of playing video games on various components of energy balance and substrate metabolism as well as on glucose homeostasis and relevant hormonal systems that might be involved in the…
- Trial name
- NCT01013246
- Testing
- 1-hour video game play
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Energy Balance, Appetitive Behavior
Brain, Appetite, Teens, and Exercise
The long-term goal is to develop effective, evidence-based lifestyle interventions to prevent and treat childhood obesity and related co-morbidities.
- Conditions
- Energy Balance, Appetitive Behavior, Obesity
- Trial name
- BATE (NCT03783390)
- Testing
- Exercise Intervention, Newsletter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
Diabetes Virtual Trek: Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Through Science Enrichment
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-to-home education program for it's ability to increase knowledge about, and ability to prevent type two diabetes in children and parents.
- Trial name
- DvtENERGY (NCT00542113)
- Testing
- DvtProgram ENERGY, DvtProgramENERGY
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,703 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Obesity
Achieving Energy Balance in Post Partum Teens
This proposal will test Balance Adolescent Lifestyle Activities and Nutrition Choices for Energy (BALANCE), a multilevel intervention administered through Parents as Teachers (PAT) and designed to reduce overweight in postpartum…
- Trial name
- BALANCE (NCT01617486)
- Testing
- BALANCE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,325 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Low Birth Weight
Effect of a Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplement on Birth Outcome and Child Growth in Houndé District, Burkina Faso.
The 2016 WHO antenatal care guidelines stated that pregnant women in undernourished populations should receive fortified balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplements to reduce the risk of stillbirth and small-for-gestational-age…
- Conditions
- Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Low Birth Weight, Prematurity, Infant Malnutrition
- Trial name
- MISAME-3 (NCT03533712)
- Testing
- Fortified balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplement, Fe and folic acid supplement
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Critical Illness
Impact of Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in ICU Patients on Metabolic, Inflammatory and Immune Responses
Having previously demonstrated that supplemental parenteral nutrition to complete an insufficient enteral nutrition (EN) between D4 and D8 improves outcome after critical illness, by reducing infectious complications, the present…
- Trial name
- SPN2 (NCT02022813)
- Testing
- Supplemental parenteral nutrition (SPN)
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Through Science Enrichment
Type 2 diabetes and obesity in children continue to increase at alarming rates with devastating results. However, both these metabolic diseases are largely preventable through adoption of a healthy lifestyle, an understanding of…
- Trial name
- DKENERGY (NCT00541879)
- Testing
- Program ENERGY, comparison
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,909 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Melanocortin Obesity Syndrome, MCOS
Atomoxetine in Melanocortin Obesity Syndrome
This is a phase 2 randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial to determine the safety and efficacy of atomoxetine for treating obesity caused by loss-of-function variants in the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R), the most common…
- Trial name
- MCOS (NCT06899178)
- Testing
- Atomoxetine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Obesity, Sleep
Effects of Impaired Sleep on Energy Balance
The main aim of this study is to examine the effects of restricted sleep on energy and substrate metabolism as well as relevant hormonal systems that might be involved in the underlying mechanisms.
- Trial name
- SLOPUS (NCT01198431)
- Testing
- Sleep duration
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Childhood Obesity
Energy Balance Teens: A Measurement Error Approach to Estimating Energy Balance in Free-Living Adolescents
There is a critical need to develop an affordable, valid, and reliable techniques to assess free-living energy expenditure (EE), energy storage (ES), and energy intake (EI).
- Trial name
- NCT05296330
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Usefulness of Protein-enriched Infant Formula in Pediatric Intensive Care.
A multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be performed in three hospitals. Patients meeting inclusion criteria will be randomly allocated to one of three enteral feeding formula with different protein…
- Trial name
- NCT03901742
- Testing
- Protein-enriched nutrition, High Protein-enriched Nutrition, Standard Enteral Nutrition
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Fetal Growth Retardation, Low Birth Weight
BEP Supplementation Research in Bangladesh (JiVitA-BEP-IR)
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of fortified balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplementation vs. control (multiple micronutrient supplement, MMS) without targeting and with targeting (either by low…
- Conditions
- Fetal Growth Retardation, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth, Gestational Weight Gain
- Trial name
- Target-BEP (NCT05576207)
- Testing
- Balanced energy and protein supplement for pregnant women, Multiple Micronutrient Supplement for pregnant women
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hypothalamic Obesity
Energy Balance & Weight Loss in Craniopharyngioma-related or Other Hypothalamic Tumors in Hypothalamic Obesity
The proposed multicenter study will test the effect of glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 agonist exenatide once weekly extended-release (ExQW, Bydureon®) on clinical outcomes and metabolic parameters in a double-blind…
- Trial name
- ECHO (NCT02664441)
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Overweight, Obesity
An Intergenerational Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention to Reduce Appalachian Health Disparities
The study purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate, faith-placed lay health advisor intervention aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity among intergenerational Appalachian…
- Trial name
- NCT01373307
- Testing
- LHA-delivered energy balance classes/activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nancy Schoenberg