Clinical trials: Abdominal Obesity
Obesity, Abdominal, Adiposity
Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome in Obese Hispanic Youth
This study will recruit 40 obese Hispanic youth (12 - 18 years of age who are greater than or equal to Tanner stage 4) from hospitals, clinics, and community centers.
- Trial name
- NCT03115385
- Testing
- VSL#3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Glucose Intolerance, Hyperinsulinemia
Health Effects of Liposuction in Overweight Women With Elevated Insulin Levels, Impaired Glucose Tolerance and/or Type 2 Diabetes
This study is for women who have already decided to undergo liposuction at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
- Conditions
- Glucose Intolerance, Hyperinsulinemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Non Insulin Dependent, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00005760
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Obesity
Toward an Automated Method of Abdominal Fat Segmentation of MR Images
Subjects will undergo a brief magnetic resonance (MRI) scan. The resulting images will be used to compare two abdominal fat segmentation techniques. The first technique is already validated and in use.
- Trial name
- NCT01228968
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Hepatic Disorders, Intestinal Failure-associated Liver Disease
VALidation of Imaging-based Liver Biomarkers in PEDiatric Patients
The goal of this observational (diagnostic validation) study is to validate imaging-based biomarkers for assessing liver involvement in pediatric patients with established or suspected liver disease.
- Conditions
- Hepatic Disorders, Intestinal Failure-associated Liver Disease, Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease, MAFLD
- Trial name
- VALiBi-PED (NCT07202910)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital