Clinical trials: Body Composition
Weight Gain
Role of Peanuts in Healthy Weight Gain in Athletic Individuals
Many athletes and military personnel desire weight gain primarily as lean mass to improve performance and effectiveness in military/sport endeavors.
- Trial name
- mGAINS (NCT05426109)
- Testing
- Peanut snacks, No peanut-containing snacks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Body Composition
Validation of the Stayhealthy BC1 Body Comp Analyzer
The purpose of this study was to validate the Stayhealthy BC1 bioelectrical impedance analyzer to assess percent body fat in children and adults.
- Trial name
- NCT01209923
- Testing
- BC1
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 362 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Blood Pressure
Health Effects of Increasing Muscle Activation While Sitting in Office Workers
Previous research suggests that prolonged sitting increases risk for cardiometabolic diseases and the risk factors associated with cardiometabolic diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT02855541
- Testing
- DeskCycle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Obesity, Diabetes
Framingham State Food Study
This study will evaluate the effects of dietary composition on energy expenditure and chronic disease risk factors, while also exploring physiological mechanisms underlying these effects.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- (FS)2 (NCT02068885)
- Testing
- Feeding study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Obesity, Diabetes
Calorie Restriction and Changes in Body Composition, Disease, Function, and Quality of Life in Older Adults
The investigators want to determine if the benefits of weight loss outweigh the potential risk in a group of older adults. The investigators will test the hypothesis that changes in diet composition alone or in conjunction with…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- CROSSROADS (NCT00955903)
- Testing
- Exercise, Reduced Calorie Diet, Weight Maintenance Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Healthy
PROS-2 Dose Response Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on the Prostate
The investigators will conduct a three-month, randomized, placebo-controlled trial comparing the effects of increasing doses of androgen supplementation with Testosterone (T) gel on the prostate in healthy men who are treated…
- Trial name
- PROS-2 (NCT01327495)
- Testing
- Testosterone 1% gel 1.25 g, Testosterone 1% gel 2.5 g, Testosterone 1% gel 5.0 g
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Osteopenia
DXA Precision and Accuracy Comparison Study
This study is being conducted to examine the performance of three common DXA machines (1) Lunar iDXA, (2) Lunar Prodigy and (3) Hologic Discovery A in measuring bone density and body fat.
- Trial name
- DXA P&A (NCT01530477)
- Testing
- Lunar Prodigy (GEHC), Lunar iDXA (GEHC), Discovery A (Hologic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Body Composition
Effects of Daily Supplementation of 5-HTP on Body Composition
The purpose of this investigation was to compare supplementation with 5-HTP to placebo on indices of body composition. A randomized trial compared a sample of 48 resistance-trained individuals taking either 100 mg of…
- Trial name
- NCT05216406
- Testing
- 5-HTP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Obesity, Overweight
Effect of Orlistat in Body Composition
The purpose of this study is to determine if a 24 week weight loss program with orlistat 60 mg will produce greater changes in body composition compared to placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT00752726
- Testing
- Orlistat
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Body Composition, Performance Measures
Effects of Shroom Tech Sport Supplementation and Concurrent Training
This study will examine how the supplement Shroom Tech Sport (STS) affects body composition and different performance and health measures over the course of 12 weeks.
- Conditions
- Body Composition, Performance Measures, Hormone Profiles, Blood Lipid Profiles
- Trial name
- NCT02383017
- Testing
- Shroom Tech Sport
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Body Weight Changes, Athletic Performance
Whey Protein Supplementation in High School Athletes
The overall aim of this project is to compare protein supplementation on performance, recovery, and body composition changes in adolescent soccer players between the whey protein and the control group in response to the…
- Conditions
- Body Weight Changes, Athletic Performance, Recovery, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT05589129
- Testing
- Whey Protein Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
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
Healthy Elderly
Generation of Prediction Equations for BIA of the Elderly
The objective of the study is to develop prediction equations for calculating Fat-Free Mass FFM, Total Body Water TBW, Extracellular Water ECW, Visceral Adipose Tissue VAT, total Skeletal Muscle Mass SMM and segmental SMM in a…
- Trial name
- NCT04028648
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seca GmbH & Co. Kg.
Pediatric Obesity
Body Composition Changes With Albuterol and Caffeine Versus Placebo in Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to determine whether taking a combination of caffeine and albuterol three times per day will increase muscle and decrease fat in your child's body and to determine how these medications make your…
- Trial name
- CAMP (NCT02740660)
- Testing
- Caffeine 100mg / Albuterol 4mg, Family weight management counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Overweight and Obesity
IgG-mediated Food Test for Weight Loss
This study assessed the effect of an IgG-mediated food sensitivity test in combination with a food elimination diet on body composition and secondary outcomes in people who were overweight.
- Trial name
- NCT01592071
- Testing
- Replace reactive foods with non-reactive foods
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle
Exercise After Clinically Significant Weight Loss
The Prescribed Exercise to Reduce Recidivism After Weight Loss Pilot (PREVAIL-P) study will evaluate the effect of aerobic exercise training amount on weight maintenance following clinically significant weight loss.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- PREVAIL-P (NCT03685123)
- Testing
- Physical activity recommendations, Weight maintenance recommendations, OPTIFAST weight loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Obesity
EQW, DAPA, EQW/DAPA, DAPA/MET ER and PHEN/TPM ER in Obese Women With PolycysticOvary Syndrome (PCOS)
This is a randomized, single-blind, parallel 5 treatment group 24-week trial designed to directly compare the therapeutic effects of exenatide once weekly (EQW), dapagliflozin (DAPA), EQW plus DAPA, combined DAPA/metformin…
- Trial name
- NCT02635386
- Testing
- Exenatide once weekly (EQW ), Dapagliflozin (DAPA), EQW plus DAPA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Woman's
Healthy Volunteers
Dose-Response of Gonadal Steroids and Bone Turnover in Older Men
The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of testosterone and/or estradiol at which changes in bone turnover, body composition, strength, sexual function etc. begin to occur in older men.
- Trial name
- NCT00114114
- Testing
- Testosterone, Goserelin acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Diet
Effect of Ultra Processed Versus Unprocessed Diets on Energy Intake
Background: Eating too much processed food is believed to lead to obesity. But the effect of processed food on energy intake has not been carefully studied.
- Trial name
- NCT03407053
- Testing
- Ultra-processed diet, Unprocessed diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Down Syndrome, Trisomy 21
Down Syndrome Metabolic Health Study
The purpose of this research study is to determine which measures best capture cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) risk in children and adolescents with Down syndrome (DS).
- Trial name
- NCT01821300
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia