Clinical trials: Weight Loss
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Arthroplasty, Overweight and Obesity
Healthy Living After Knee Replacement
The purpose of this study is to examine if a weight loss program designed for adults after knee replacement improves weight loss, physical activity, pain, and function, as well as if the program is cost effective, as compared to…
- Trial name
- NCT05190666
- Testing
- PACE Weight Loss program, Chronic Disease Self-Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Obesity, Diabetes
Family Weight Management Study
The purpose of this study is to address the Healthy People 2010 obesity prevention objective. This study will test the effects of a comprehensive family weight management program on the BMI z-score of 7-12 year-old children with…
- Trial name
- NCT00851201
- Testing
- Intensive lifestyle, Standard intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Obesity, Malignant Neoplasm
A Study to See if an iPhone Weight Management App Can Help Promote Weight Loss in Adolescents and Young Adults After a Stem Cell Transplant
This early phase I trial studies how well a behavioral weight loss intervention consisting of a smartphone application and coaching works for the promotion of weight loss in adolescents and young adults after a stem cell…
- Trial name
- NCT04453072
- Testing
- Interview, Media Intervention, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Overweight, Obesity
Trial of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intervention in Overweight Mothers and Their Children Ages 3-5
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of a novel six-month behavioral program to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among preschoolers and their mothers.
- Trial name
- NCT02098902
- Testing
- Smart Moms Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Obesity Prevention, Obesity
Effectiveness of Tailored Multichannel Interventions on Weight Loss Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
overweight among adolescents is a public health issue. However, several weight loss interventions were developed and conducted for adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity Prevention, Obesity, Overweight Adolescents, Overweight/Obesity, Adolescent
- Trial name
- NCT06767072
- Testing
- Tailored Multichannel interventions
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 279 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Morbid Obesity
Follow-up of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
Very little information is available about extremely obese (body mass index [BMI] > 40 kg/m2) adolescents. The purpose of the Follow up of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery (FABS) study is to collect information obtained during the…
- Trial name
- FABS (NCT00776776)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Pediatric Obesity, Weight Loss
Our Lifestyles Our Lives
The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of step goals with pedometers to improve children's weight loss, physical activity, and psychosocial health during behavioral treatment.
- Trial name
- OLOL (NCT02965729)
- Testing
- Family-based weight management, Pedometer, Individualized step goals
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Overweight
Barriers to Effective Weight Loss in Overweight Adolescents
The current study aims to investigate the impact of a comprehensive, team-based, family-centered, lifestyle modification program on body weight, metabolic abnormalities, fitness measures, and self-esteem in overweight adolescents…
- Trial name
- TEENS (NCT00562263)
- Testing
- Lifestyle modification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of a Positive Deviance Program in Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
Globally, childhood malnutrition remains a public health concern. Malnutrition can be diverse from undernutrition to overnutrition.
- Trial name
- NCT04688515
- Testing
- Nutrition program developed using positive deviance approach
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Hearing Loss
Body Mass Index and Audiology Function
Obesity may directly or indirectly lead to hearing loss
- Trial name
- NCT03172663
- Testing
- pure tone audiometry
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Weight Loss, Overweight and Obesity
Choosing Healthy Activities and Lifestyle Management Through Portal Support
The study aims to randomize 250 participants to 1 of 2 arms: a.) an Active Intervention Group (based on the Look AHEAD* ILI) or b.) a Comparison Group (based on the Look AHEAD DSE Comparison group) to test the hypothesis that a…
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Overweight and Obesity, Behavior, Health
- Trial name
- CHAMPS (NCT05410353)
- Testing
- Active Intervention Group, Comparison Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Weight Loss, Bariatric Surgery
Outcomes After Weight Loss Surgery in Low-Risk Patients
The purpose of this research is to determine patient-reported outcomes after weight loss surgery, including changes in health, mood, quality of life, health satisfaction, and emotional health, in low-risk patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05699083
- Testing
- Body Image/Self-Esteem Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Feiz & Associates
Obesity
A Family-Based Weight Loss Intervention for Youth With Intellectual Disability
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is twofold. First, to examine the efficacy of a 24-session, 6-month family-based behavioral intervention (FBBI) - as compared to a waitlist FBBI group, which later receives the same…
- Trial name
- HealthU (NCT02033642)
- Testing
- Family Based Behavioral Intervention, Maintenance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
Fatty Liver, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Weight Loss on Hepatic and Muscle Lipid Content and on Insulin Sensitivity on Obese Adolescents With NAFLD
To assess whether reversal of fatty liver by moderate weight loss (8% of body weight) will lead to improvements in insulin sensitivity, which will be associated with changes in both glucose status and lipid profiles, in obese…
- Trial name
- NCT00585299
- Testing
- Low-fat diet, Traditional diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity
Effect of Consumption of Black Cumin (Nigella Sativa L.) Water Extract on Weight Loss in Overweight Women
The purpose of this clinical trial is to study the therapeutic effect of black cumin water extract (Nigella sativa L.) on obesity and overweight
- Trial name
- NCT01360957
- Testing
- Black cumin water extract as a traditional medicine
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) of Young Children in Guinea-Bissau
Wasting (severe thinness) is a common and serious problem among young children in rural Guinea-Bissau. Community Health Agents (CHAs) can help prevent malnutrition by regularly measuring children's growth and advising families on…
- Trial name
- NCT07584395
- Testing
- Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) by Community Health Agents
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Obesity
Think AHEAD (A Healthy Eating And Drinking) Study
Advice to increase water consumption as part of a weight-reducing diet - typically to 8 cups (64 fl oz, ~2 L) per day ("8x8" water recommendation) - is almost ubiquitously recommended by healthcare professionals.
- Trial name
- NCT01044134
- Testing
- Dietary counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Obesity, Weight Loss
Hormonal Regulation of Body Weight Maintenance
The investigators here propose to perform a collaborative clinical research effort including a randomized controlled trial investigating the mechanisms of weight maintenance and their relation to a lifestyle intervention in…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Hormone Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT00850629
- Testing
- multimodal lifestyle intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany