Clinical trials: Obesity, Infant
Infant Growth, Childhood Overweight
Modulating Early-life Nutrition for Childhood Obesity Prevention
In this study, betaine intake will be increased in formula-fed infants through formula milk supplementation. To do this, a double-blind randomized study has been designed with the supplementation group (infant formula…
- Trial name
- NutrOb (NCT06091917)
- Testing
- Betaine supplementation in infant formula, Regular infant formula
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Obesity, Infant, Language Development
Music and Child Health and Development
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Infant, Language Development, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05868811
- Testing
- Music Together, Play Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Overweight, Childhood, Obesity in Children
The Bloom Study - a Safe and Healthy Start in Life
The aim of the Bloom Study is to promote healthy weight development among infants through a home-based health promoting intervention implemented in the Danish setting of community health nurses.
- Trial name
- NCT06705400
- Testing
- Multi-behavioural
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Obesity
Pilot Testing of Baby Feed: A Web Application for Health Professionals and Parents to Improve Infant Diets
This project will pilot test "Baby Feed" online web portals among clinicians and parents to learn about their experience with the portals.
- Trial name
- NCT05062824
- Testing
- Baby Feed
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Adolescent Mothers, Infant Obesity
Tools For Teen Moms: Reducing Infant Obesity Risk
The purpose of this social media group randomized trial (GRT) is to test the feasibility of our Baby Dayr for Teen Moms intervention to increase maternal responsiveness to infant cues and implement healthy feeding practices…
- Trial name
- TFTM (NCT02244424)
- Testing
- Tools for Teen Moms
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Overweight and Obesity
mHealth for Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Mexico
Background: The sending of text messages (short messaging service, SMS) has been proven as an effective strategy in behavior change.
- Trial name
- mHealth (NCT04250896)
- Testing
- Control group, SMS´s sending by cell phone for behavior change
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Mexican National Institute of Public Health
Infant Body Composition and Metabolism, Metabolism
Studying Phenotypic Risks for Obesity and Underlying Traits in Young Infants
The purpose of this research study is to understand how infants metabolize different meals and to develop clinical tools which identify infants as having two different phenotypes.
- Conditions
- Infant Body Composition and Metabolism, Metabolism, Energy Expenditure, Infant Formula
- Trial name
- SPROUT (NCT07096011)
- Testing
- Meal Test - Human Milk, Meal Test - Infant Formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Childhood
GI Tract Biomarkers in Infants With Different Diets
Childhood obesity is increasing with more than one-third of adolescents currently overweight and one in five with obesity. The lifelong incidence of obesity-related morbidities is also increasing with childhood obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT03751137
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Fetal Macrosomia, Obesity Complicating Childbirth
Investigating the Relationship Between Triglycerides and Fetal Overgrowth in Gestational Diabetes
This is a prospective, observational study which examines the association between maternal triglycerides in the antepartum period and fetal overgrowth in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes.
- Conditions
- Fetal Macrosomia, Obesity Complicating Childbirth, Gestational Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT06067685
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Obesity
Pattern - Reach Aim 2
The purpose of this research study is to learn about different approaches to promoting healthy growth among infants, and understanding parents' likes and dislikes of an approach to reducing risk factors for obesity later in life.
- Trial name
- NCT04216264
- Testing
- Standard response, Targeted response
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Adiposity, Insulin Resistance
PREterM FOrmula Or Donor Breast Milk for Premature Babies
In order to address this crucial question, central to preterm newborn care, a multicentre United Kingdom (UK) -wide study randomising 4000 preterm babies would be necessary to achieve sufficient power to evaluate the impact on…
- Conditions
- Adiposity, Insulin Resistance, Metabolomic Profile, microRNA Profile
- Trial name
- PREMFOOD (NCT01686477)
- Testing
- Unfortified Human donor Milk used to make up any shortfall in mother's own milk, Fortified Human donor Milk used to make up any shortfall in mother's own milk, Preterm Formula used when there is a shortfall in mother's own milk
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Obesity; Familial, Pregnancy Related
Pre-Pregnancy Weight Loss and Baby Behavior Study
This study will help researchers learn more about how babies respond to bottle nipples with larger or smaller holes. Researchers guess that infants of mothers with obesity who did not lose weight prior to pregnancy will have the…
- Conditions
- Obesity; Familial, Pregnancy Related, Infant Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06358729
- Testing
- Typical Nipple, Challenging Nipple
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Obesity, Childhood
Expanding Health System Intervention Through The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program Partnership
Pilot test the health system-based intervention to improve family beverage choices and promote water consumption, engaging WIC nutritionists to augment the intervention with follow-up and counseling of families at…
- Trial name
- WHISPER (NCT05356338)
- Testing
- Pilot Intervention to reduce SSB consumption in children and families enrolled in WIC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Prevention Childhood Obesity
Cognitive-behavioral Intervention to Increase the Practice of Responsive Feeding and Maintain Healthy Weight in Infants
Introduction: Childhood overweight and obesity in Mexico is a serious public health problem. Perceptive eating is a factor in the prevention of obesity and occurs when the caregiver recognizes the signs of hunger and satiety…
- Trial name
- NCT06617299
- Testing
- Intervention Identifies and Responds
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Healthy
Sensitive Periods in Early Flavor Learning
Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults since sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly…
- Trial name
- NCT00994747
- Testing
- Nutramigen (Flavor and Type of Infant Formula), Enfamil, milk-based formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Sleep Apnea, Central, Prader-Willi Syndrome
Oxygen Versus Medical Air for Treatment of CSA in Prader Will Syndrome
The aim of this study is to determine if treatment with Medical Air (21% oxygen in room air) compared to supplemental oxygen (100% oxygen) will lead to similar improvements in the central apnea-hypopnea index (CAHI) for infants…
- Trial name
- NCT03031626
- Testing
- Medical Air vs Oxygen
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Infant Development
European Childhood Obesity Project: Early Programming by Infant Nutrition?
Primary hypothesis to be tested: Early protein intake predicts infant growth and later risk of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is a major public health problem and is an identified priority concern for the health care.
- Trial name
- CHOP (NCT00338689)
- Testing
- Lower protein formula; Higher protein formula
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium, Germany and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 1,678 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Infant Formula, Growth
Lower Protein Intake and Long-term Risk of Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
The primary objective of this study is to investigate if consumption of lower protein formula can slow the rate of weight gain of formula-fed infants between 3 and 12 months of age.
- Trial name
- BabyGrowth (NCT03456934)
- Testing
- Modified infant formula, Standard infant formula
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Obesity
Healthy Sleeping and Feeding During Infancy
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence continues to rise, even among very young children. A recent report from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) revealed that from 1999…
- Trial name
- NCT00125580
- Testing
- Infant sleep instruction
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Weight, Body, Diet Habit
Healthy Start to Feeding Intervention
The current study will test the impact of a 3-session obesity prevention program targeting healthy introduction of solid foods in infancy on growth trajectories, appetite regulation, and diet.
- Trial name
- NCT03597061
- Testing
- Healthy Start to Feeding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati