Clinical trials: Pediatric Obesity
Obesity, Overweight
Nutrition and Soccer for Pediatric Overweight and Obesity
This study will examine whether two months of youth soccer, combined with a single brief behavioral/nutritional intervention, can reduce BMI in 5th grade overweight or obese females.
- Trial name
- NCT00365651
- Testing
- Youth Soccer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leach Chiropractic Clinic
Childhood Obesity
Proactve Assessment of Overweight Risk During Infancy
Children who are above healthy weight are more likely to be ill and to miss time off school. Being overweight in childhood can also sow the seeds for health problems in later life such as heart disease and diabetes.
- Trial name
- ProAsk (NCT02314494)
- Testing
- ProAsk
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anglia Ruskin University
Prader Willi Syndrome, Childhood Obesity
Family-based Intervention for Youth With Prader-Willi Syndrome: The Active Play at Home Study
Compared to other children, those with disability have additional challenges to being physically active. Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a genetic form of childhood obesity that is characterized by hypotonia, growth hormone…
- Trial name
- APAH (NCT02058342)
- Testing
- Active Play at Home
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- California State University, Fullerton
Pediatric Obesity
Is it Helpful to Use Fitbits in a Family Based Weight Loss Program?
This study evaluates the role of personal activity trackers to help improve weight loss or weight maintenance for children and their parents enrolled in a comprehensive weight loss program.
- Trial name
- NCT03215641
- Testing
- Fitbit
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Obesity
Efficacy of Increasing Physical Activity to Reduce Children's Visceral Fat
The purpose of this trial is to examine whether adding greater physical activity to standard family-based behavioral pediatric obesity treatment decreases the amount of visceral fat among treated overweight children.
- Trial name
- ADVANCE (NCT00359957)
- Testing
- Pediatric Obesity Intervention (STANDARD), Pediatric Obesity Intervention + High Activity (ADDED)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Pediatric Obesity
Developing Novel Methods to Teach Children to Recognize Internal Signals of Hunger
The purpose of this multi-year project is to develop an evidence-based curriculum for teaching preschool children to eat in response to internal hunger and fullness signals.
- Trial name
- CTSI (NCT03064919)
- Testing
- Curriculum Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Breastmilk Collection, Childhood Obesity
Breastmilk Composition and Microbial Profile in the Growth and Development of Healthy Term-born Infants
An increasing number of children are developing non-communicable diseases that carry immediate and long-term significant societal and economic impacts.
- Conditions
- Breastmilk Collection, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Asthma, Allergy
- Trial name
- NCT06970535
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Childhood Obesity, Dietary Habits
The Eat Right Emirates Healthy Lifestyle Study
The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential factors that determine preschool obesity in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, and assess the effectiveness of a simple healthy lifestyle tool: Eat Right Emirates (ERE)…
- Trial name
- ERERCT (NCT02559076)
- Testing
- Ten Steps leaflet advice for healthy lifestyle
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Obesity, Childhood
Vyvanse in Children Aged 6 to 12 Years
This study will randomize children who have difficulty maintaining a healthy weight to one of two treatment groups: lifestyle therapy plus lisdexamfetamine or lifestyle therapy plus placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT05416125
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate, Lifestyle therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Childhood Obesity, Treatment Adherence
The Evira Study: Additional Support During Obesity Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of adding a digi-physical treatment tool as a complement to the local treatment with obesity medication in adolescents with obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT06836284
- Testing
- Digi-physical treatment tool, Evira, Obesity medication with liraglutide or semaglutide
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Childhood Obesity
Alberta Project Promoting Active Living and Healthy Eating in Schools
The objectives were to 1) make students eat healthier and be more active; and 2) prevent overweight and obesity. Children will therefore be less likely overweight or obese.
- Trial name
- APPLE Schools (NCT01914185)
- Testing
- Comprehensive School Health (CSH)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 8,663 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Obesity
Measuring the Weight Status, Primary Care Usage and Dietary Intake in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Childhood obesity is a major area of concern for health care and public health. Overweight children are more likely overweight and obese adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02265185
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 484 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Obesity, Childhood Obesity
Abriendo Caminos 2: Clearing the Path to Hispanic Health
Obesity is significantly higher in specific ethnic groups and, in particular, Hispanics. There is an urgent need to implement culturally-sensitive lifestyle interventions and educational programs to decrease the burden of obesity…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Nutrient; Excess, Community Health Education
- Trial name
- NCT03505658
- Testing
- Education and Behavior
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Obesity
Pilot Study of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication in Adolescents With Severe Obesity
The proposed study aims to investigate the effects of laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) on excess body weight, body mass index, and weight-related medical and psychological co-morbidities in obese adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT01980758
- Testing
- Laparoscopic Gastric Plication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Hepatic Steatosis, NAFLD
Effect of Amino Acids on Hepatic Fat Content in Adolescents (AMINOS Study)
Participants 13-18 years of age with extra fat stored in the liver will be randomly assigned to a protein supplement or placebo "fake supplement" for 2 months to see if the participants who get the protein supplement have less…
- Conditions
- Hepatic Steatosis, NAFLD, Adolescent Obesity
- Trial name
- AMINOS (NCT05935826)
- Testing
- Essential Amino Acid Supplement by Amino Co
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Childhood Obesity, Self-regulation
ONE PATH: Optimizing Nutrition Education for Parents and Teachers for Healthy Growth
This proposal uses an innovative methodological framework, the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), to design an effective and efficient responsive feeding (RF) intervention that promotes child appetite self-regulation among…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Self-regulation, Appetite Regulation
- Trial name
- ONE PATH (NCT03817021)
- Testing
- ECE Provider, Parent Intervention, Child intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Adolescent Obesity, Diet
Chrononutrition and Adolescent Weight Control
Comprehensive lifestyle interventions are recommended for the treatment of adolescent obesity; however, evidence suggests that they are not as effective in teens as they are in children and adults.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Obesity, Diet, Weight Loss, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT04256863
- Testing
- Breakfast / Lunch, Dinner (DIN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Childhood Obesity
Mountain West Prevention Research Center Core Research Project
This hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation sequential multiple assignment randomized trial will assess the impact of integrating population health management (PHM) strategies-text messaging and enrollment in Building Healthy…
- Trial name
- MW-PRCCRP (NCT07479498)
- Testing
- Text Message-based recruitment, Active outreach follow-up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paul Estabrooks
Pediatric Obesity, Overnutrition, Child
IMplementation of the Family Support PRogramme A Healthy School Start to Prevent OVErweight and Obesity (IMPROVE)
IMPROVE is an implementation study aiming to explore the effects of two bundled implementation strategies on the intervention fidelity of the Healthy School Start program (primary outcome) while simultaneously monitoring effects…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Overnutrition, Child, Prediabetic State, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- IMPROVE (NCT04984421)
- Testing
- Healthy School Start
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,634 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Childhood Obesity
Kindergarten-based Intervention for Childhood Obesity in Guangzhou(KICOG)
Early life interventions for childhood obesity may provide substantial benefits. Most existing studies aimed at school children have reported limited effectiveness, however few have targeted preschool children.
- Trial name
- KICOG (NCT03022474)
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyles Intervention
- Volunteers
- 984 people
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
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