Clinical trials: Body Fat Disorder
Obesity
Anthropometric Assessment of Abdominal Obesity and Health Risk in Children and Adolescents
Childhood obesity is a major public health issue, and the identification of children who are at increased risk of health problems due to their obesity is a priority for modern health care.
- Trial name
- Waist (NCT01595100)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 423 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Social Dominance
Subjective Social Status and Energy Balance
Investigators examined the associations between SSS, energy balance, food intake and changes in body composition following a high calorie lunch for 2 weeks.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Social Dominance, Social Behavior, Eating Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03510364
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
Low-intensity Exercise in Metabolic Syndrome
People with metabolic syndrome (MetS) are characterized by a lower quality of life in terms of reduced vital activity, emotional state, and social functioning.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemias
- Trial name
- NCT04346836
- Testing
- Low-intensity, general-fitness exercises, Psychoeducation
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Overweight, Obesity
The Effects of Including Almonds in a Weight Loss Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether inclusion of almonds in a weight loss regimen will augment the rate of weight loss, promote a greater fat mass/fat-free mass ratio of weight loss, improve blood pressure and…
- Trial name
- NCT02360787
- Testing
- Energy restriction, Almonds (15% kcal/day)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Obesity
Diet Induced Weight Loss to Reduce Inflammation in Obese Women
Breast cancer is one of the most frequently seen cancers in the United States. It occurs at all ages but is particularly common in post menopausal women.
- Trial name
- NCT01699906
- Testing
- Diet regimen to induce weight loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rockefeller University
Metabolic Syndrome, Abdominal Obesity
Copenhagen Obesity Risk Assessment Study
The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of a high intake of industrially produced trans fatty acids for 16 weeks on abdominal obesity and risk markers of type 2 diabetes and heart disease in healthy, moderately…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Abdominal Obesity, Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- COBRA (NCT00655902)
- Testing
- Trans fat (soy bean oil), Control fat (sunflower oil)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Obesity
Genetics, Metabolism and Weight Loss in Older, Obese Veterans
This study is designed to determine whether sequence variation in the lipoprotein lipase (LPQ) gene affects the amount of weight loss and metabolic responses during a hypocaloric diet treatment for overweight and obese (BMI=25-35…
- Trial name
- NCT00018330
- Testing
- Weight Loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Obesity
Prevention of Obesity in Women Via Estradiol Regulation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate potential mechanisms by which estradiol deficiency accelerates fat gain and abdominal fat accumulation in women.
- Trial name
- POWER (NCT00687739)
- Testing
- leuprolide acetate, Estradiol Transdermal, progressive resistance exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(Mol-SHARE) Molecular Study of Health Assessment and Risk in Ethnic Groups
The purpose of this study is to directly compare the body composition, body fat distribution, and morphological and functional features of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle between South Asians and European Caucasians.
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00249314
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Obesity
"Pecos" B-adrenergic and PPAR-G Stimulation Upregulates Lipid Metabolism in Human Subcutaneous Fat
This study compares four treatments to see which one causes the most weight loss, fat loss, loss of abdominal fat and improvement in blood tests like cholesterol.
- Trial name
- NCT00377975
- Testing
- Ephedrine, Pioglitazone, Caffeine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Exercise
Exercise Training and Insulin Sensitivity
Regular exercise participation is known to reduce cardiometabolic disease risk but the impact that exercise training has on adipose tissue (AT) metabolism is poorly understood, particularly in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT05930834
- Testing
- exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Insulin Resistance, Obesity
Integrating the Genetic and Metabolic Faces of Obesity
The goal of this study is to determine why some obese individuals develop insulin resistance and others do not. We hypothesize that an impairment in differentiation of fat cells (adipocytes) is responsible for the development of…
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00285844
- Testing
- weight loss, thiazolidinedione
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obesity
Gut Microbiome Based Analysis of High Protein High Fat Diet
The aim of this study was to determine body mass reduction and microbiota composition change after the weight loss diet (50 % fat, 25 % proteins and 25 % carbohydrates).
- Trial name
- NCT04681664
- Testing
- High fat diet
- Where
- Estonia
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies
Rhythm Nodal, Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder
The Biological Rhythm of Human Metabolite
The circadian regulation in mammals have been known for a long time. A special group of clock genes, organized in feedback loops, are responsible for the circadian regulation in both the SCN and peripheral organs.
- Conditions
- Rhythm Nodal, Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder, Metabolism Disorder, Lipid
- Trial name
- NCT03669809
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shandong Provincial Hospital
Gestational Diabetes, Pre-Eclampsia
Body Fat Index for Obstetric Risk Stratification
Primary Outcome:- GDM Diagnosis Secondary Outcomes:- Pre-eclampsia diagnosis. Cesarean section delivery due to labor dystocia defined as protracted or arrested progress of labor using labor partogram.
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes, Pre-Eclampsia, Labour Dystocia
- Trial name
- BFIors (NCT05533996)
- Testing
- ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 206 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Dietary Nitrate Supplementation
Evaluating the Metabolic Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation
Dietary nitrate is found to enhance muscle fatty acid oxidation/glucose uptake and increase mitochondrial biogenesis, which in turn, aid in the prevention and management of metabolic diseases.
- Trial name
- NIMMI (NCT05579262)
- Testing
- Beetroot juice
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Singapore
Obesity
Differences in Nutrient Use During Exercise Between Children of Varying Body Mass Indices and Fitness Levels
Children who have previously participated in the study "MI Energy" will be invited to participate in "SUPER kids". Investigators want to better understand differences in nutrient use (e.g., fatty acid and carbohydrate) during…
- Trial name
- SUPERkids (NCT04819308)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Obesity
Study of Serum Markers for Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Youth and Impact of Lifestyle and Medication Intervention
In Protocol #2, we will select 30 obese pubertal and 30 obese prepubertal subjects with an abnormal cytokine profile (i.e. fibrinogen and/or hsCRP concentration greater than or equal to 2 Standard Deviations (SD) above the mean…
- Trial name
- NCT00139477
- Testing
- Metformin, Dietary modification with caloric restriction, Establishment of exercise protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Obesity
Testing the Gravitostat in Humans: the Impact of a Weighted Vest in Patients Post Bariatric Surgery on Fat-free Mass Retention and Weight Loss
The mechanisms regulating fat mass homeostasis are incompletely understood although recent animal and human trials would suggest that there is a leptin independent regulatory pathway which may play a role in weight control and…
- Trial name
- NCT04809129
- Testing
- Weighted vest
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin
Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes
Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome in Shanghai Zicitizens
The main purpose of this study is to conduct follow-up assessments and update the cardiorenal outcomes among the STONE cohort that was established during 2016-2017.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, Obesity and Overweight, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT07043166
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 4,094 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Changzheng Hospital