Clinical trials: Weight Change
Overweight Adolescents
CommitFit App to Facilitate Health Behavior Change in Clinic Adolescents
We conducted a 3-month RCT with 30 adolescents (aged 13-15 years) and their caregivers to evaluate the effectiveness of the novel mHealth app "CommitFit", which uses gamification to motivate users to log and achieve health…
- Trial name
- NCT06985251
- Testing
- gamified mHealth lifestyle app, Attention Control, gamified mHealth app with financial incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Obesity, Atherosclerosis
Observational Study of Early Metabolic and Vascular Changes in Obesity
To work against the increasing burden of obesity, the STYJOBS / EDECTA (STYrian Juvenile OBesity Study / Early DetECtion of Atherosclerosis) project was started at the Medical University of Graz in 2003.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Adiponectin Deficiency
- Trial name
- STYJOBS (NCT00482924)
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Obesity
Gamification and Energetic Behavior Changes
Obesity [Body mass index (BMI kg/m2 ≥ 95th percentile)] affects 1 in 5 adolescents in the United States, with 13 million suffering from severe obesity (BMI ≥ 120% > 95th percentile or ≥ 35 mg/kg2).
- Trial name
- NCT03050840
- Testing
- Way to Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Obesity, Life Style, Healthy
LiPO Teen (the Lifestyle in Pregnancy and Offspring Teenagers
The study is a follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) performed in 2007-10 - the "Lifestyle in Pregnancy" LiP study. The LiP study included 360 pregnant women with BMI ≥30 kg/m2 from Odense University Hospital and…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Life Style, Healthy, Follow-up, Gestational Weight Gain
- Trial name
- NCT05774652
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention Dietary advise and/or advise on physical activity
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Body Weight Changes
Clinical Trial of Infant Formula-fed
Compared with breast milk and another commercially available formula, infants' growth rate after 12 weeks' Friso formula with low glycation feeding will be assessed.
- Trial name
- NCT02621814
- Testing
- Low glycation formula feeding, Commercially common formula feeding
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertension
Influence of Insulin on BP Change During Adolescence
To define the relation of insulin resistance during childhood and adolescence to the development of the insulin resistance syndrome in young adulthood.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertension, Obesity, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00007098
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), Undernutrition
Effectiveness of Positive Deviance/Hearth in Treating Uncomplicated Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh
The goal of this clinical trial (cluster randomized controlled trial) is to learn whether a Positive Deviance/Hearth (PDH) intervention can effectively treat moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and reduce relapse compared to…
- Conditions
- Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), Undernutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- PD/Hearth MAM (NCT07591064)
- Testing
- PD/Hearth is a behavioral change program that teaches caregivers how to cook and feed their children. A nutrient-dense meal using local ingredients will be fed to children during Hearth sessions., Standard of Care (Investigator Selected)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- World Vision US
Severe Malnutrition
Integrated Program for Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh, India
The purpose of this study is to assesses the effectiveness of an integrated model for the management of severe acute malnutrition (IM-SAM) in India comprising facility- and community-based care and using locally-adapted protocols
- Trial name
- NCT01917734
- Testing
- Therapeutic feeding for children with SAM
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,740 people
- Sponsor
- Victor M. Aguayo
Gestational Weight Gain, Diet, Healthy
Delivering HOPE (Helping Women Optimize Prenatal Equity)
The overarching research question is: "Does the provision of healthy food (Delivering HOPE) during pregnancy reduce the proportion of women who experience excessive gestational weight gain compared with enhanced standard of care…
- Conditions
- Gestational Weight Gain, Diet, Healthy, Gestational Hypertension, Gestational Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT06814509
- Testing
- Enhanced Standard of Care (ESoC), Delivering HOPE
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Obesity
Parents as the Agent of Change for Childhood Obesity
The overall intent of this study is to explore a promising mode for delivering treatment for childhood obesity via parent education only, and to evaluate the cost effectiveness compared to the current gold standard treatment of…
- Trial name
- PAAC (NCT01197443)
- Testing
- Parent-only Group, Parent + Child Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Underweight, Wasting
Preventing Infant Malnutrition With Early Supplementation
Background: Worldwide, more than 50 million children under 5 years of age are wasted (weight-for-length/height Z-score (WLZ) <-2) and over 150 million children under 5 are stunted (length/height-for-age Z-score (LAZ) <-2); such…
- Conditions
- Underweight, Wasting, Stunting, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- PRIMES (NCT04704076)
- Testing
- ESVS, Exclusive breastfeeding
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea-Bissau, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 324 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Weight Gain
Growth and Safety Clinical Trial on a New Infant Formula
The aim of this study is to assess age-appropriate growth of healthy infants fed a new infant formula. In this randomized, controlled trial, healthy, term, formula-fed infants will be randomized to one of two infant formulas: a…
- Trial name
- NCT05508750
- Testing
- New Infant Formula, Commercial Infant Formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jovie USA, LLC
Prematurity
Lactase-Assisted Control Trial On Weight GAin in INfants.
Lactose, a disaccharide that includes the monosaccharides glucose and galactose, is the main carbohydrate found exclusively in mammalian milk.
- Trial name
- LACTOGAIN (NCT07150884)
- Testing
- Lactase
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Feeding Difficulties, Sucking Behavior
Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention vs. Pacifier for Oral Feeding Transition in Preterm Infants
This study compares three approaches to help premature babies learn to feed by mouth: a special mouth exercise program (called PIOMI), using a pacifier, and standard care.
- Conditions
- Feeding Difficulties, Sucking Behavior, Premature
- Trial name
- PIOMI (NCT07460089)
- Testing
- Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI), Pacifier Use (Non-Nutritive Sucking)
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Baghdad