Clinical trials: Adolescent Overweight
Childhood Obesity
Gaming Technology to Encourage Healthy Weight and Activity in Youth
The goal of the proposed randomized controlled trial is to test the efficacy of exergaming (i.e. video gaming that involves physical activity) to reduce adiposity in overweight and obese children.
- Trial name
- GameSquad (NCT02560493)
- Testing
- Exergaming Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Apelin Levels and G212A Polymorphism of Apelin Receptor (APJ)
The aim of this study is to investigate serum apelin levels as well as their possible association with G212A polymorphism of the apelin receptor in obese children and adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Trial name
- NCT01121172
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Effects of Exenatide on Overweight Adolescents With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is one of the most common genetic causes of obesity. Obesity is a major source of morbidity and mortality in this population.
- Trial name
- NCT01444898
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Hypothalamic Obesity
Energy Balance & Weight Loss in Craniopharyngioma-related or Other Hypothalamic Tumors in Hypothalamic Obesity
The proposed multicenter study will test the effect of glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 agonist exenatide once weekly extended-release (ExQW, Bydureon®) on clinical outcomes and metabolic parameters in a double-blind…
- Trial name
- ECHO (NCT02664441)
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Type 1 Diabetes
Metformin Therapy for Overweight Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
The objective of the proposed research is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the use of metformin in addition to standard insulin therapy in overweight and obese children and adolescents, age 12-<20 years, with type 1…
- Trial name
- NCT01881828
- Testing
- Metformin (glucophage)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- Jaeb Center for Health Research
PCOS, Adolescent Obesity
Treating PCOS With Semaglutide vs Active Lifestyle Intervention
Girls with obesity and polycystic ovarian syndrome will receive either glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy or a dietary intervention for 12 weeks to decrease the metabolic syndrome, in particular to lower hepatic fat…
- Conditions
- PCOS, Adolescent Obesity, NAFLD
- Trial name
- TEAL (NCT03919929)
- Testing
- Semaglutide 3mg and 7mg [Rybelsus], Weight loss diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Childhood Obesity
Motivational Interviewing for Weight Loss
The investigators studied the effect of motivational interviewing (MI) on self-efficacy, health behaviors, and health outcomes in overweight children and adolescents (ages ranging from 10 to 18 years).
- Trial name
- NCT01246349
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing (Treatment Group), Social Skills Training (Control Group)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Obesity, DM
Lap-Band Surgery on Adolescents for Safety and Efficacy
This study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the use of the LAP-BAND surgery in the morbidly obese adolescent population.
- Trial name
- ALAGB (NCT00587301)
- Testing
- Lap-Band
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Obesity
School-based Physical Activity Intervention for Obesity Among Adolescents With Intellectual Disability in Hong Kong
Considering that children with intellectual disability (ID) might be more vulnerable to obesity than their counterparts in the general population.
- Trial name
- NCT04463069
- Testing
- Adapted physical activity
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
Pediatric Obesity
Adapting Diet and Action for Everyone (ADAPT+)
The purpose of this study is to refine and optimize an obesity intervention with rural underserved Latino children and their parents that combines a standard family-based behavioral approach, the "gold standard" for pediatric…
- Trial name
- ADAPT+ (NCT04800432)
- Testing
- ADAPT+, EUC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Overweight, Obese
Ideas Moving Parents and Adolescents to Change Together (IMPACT)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) has sponsored a consortium of four sites across the United States, entitled Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research…
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT01514279)
- Testing
- HealthyCHANGE, SystemCHANGE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG)
To test the effectiveness of a multicomponent school-based and community-linked intervention in preventing the decline in physical activity levels and cardiovascular fitness in girls in grades 6-8.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity
- Trial name
- TAAG (NCT00006409)
- Testing
- Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG)
- Volunteers
- 8,727 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
Obesity, Atherosclerosis
Endothelial Dysfunction in Obese Children
The purpose of this study is to objectify the effect of diet and exercise on early markers of atherosclerosis in obese children.
- Trial name
- EDOC (NCT01461226)
- Testing
- Exercise training, Usual care
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
LAGB as a Treatment for Morbid Obesity in Adolescents
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has been used worldwide to help selected morbidly obese adults to lose weight. The FDA has approved LAGB only for patients 18 years or older.
- Conditions
- Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT01045499
- Testing
- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Allergan Lap Band)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people
- Sponsor
- Jeffrey L Zitsman, MD
Bipolar Youth Treated With Second-generation Antipsychotics
SGA-induced Metabolic Syndrome in Bipolar Youth
The investigators tested the hypothesis that long-chain omega-3 (LCn-3) fatty acid supplementation will attenuate the adverse cardiometabolic effects of second-generation antipsychotics exposure in first-episode adolescent manic…
- Trial name
- NCT01858948
- Testing
- Omega, Quetiapine fumarate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
PK Study With Pantoprazole in Obese Children and Adolescents
Multicenter, comparative single-dose pharmacokinetic (PK) study
- Trial name
- PAN01 (NCT02186652)
- Testing
- Pantoprazole
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Phillip Brian Smith
Obesity
Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Obese Adolescents
Large studies of children show that over half of the children in the United States of America do not have enough vitamin D stored in their bodies.
- Trial name
- NCT01217840
- Testing
- Drisdol (Ergocalciferol) Vitamin D2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Overweight, Obese
iStart Smart for Teens for Healthy Weight Management
The emerging epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in children is coupled with the increased prevalence of childhood obesity in the last two decades.
- Trial name
- NCT01693250
- Testing
- fitbit Ultra, Pedometer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Prehypertension, Blood Pressure
The Effects of a Jump Rope Exercise Program on Vascular Health, Inflammatory Markers in Prehypertensive Adolescent Girls
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a 12-week jump rope exercise program on blood pressure, arterial stiffness, vasodilating and vasoconstricting factors, inflammatory markers, and body composition in…
- Conditions
- Prehypertension, Blood Pressure, Abdominal Obesity, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT03534427
- Testing
- Jump rope exercise intervention
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University