Clinical trials: Body Weight
Overweight, Obesity
A Short-Term Appetite Suppression Trial Using Appethyl™: The Pizza
The purpose of the study is to determine whether Appethyl™, made from spinach, will reduce appetite and hunger given on the same day of testing.
- Trial name
- Pizza (NCT01919814)
- Testing
- Appethyl™
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Overweight or Obesity
Sleep Extension or Regularity to Reduce Diabetes Risk
The goal of this study is to identify an intervention that improves sleep health and consequently metabolic health by examining whether sleep extension or enforced regularity in short sleepers will have beneficial effects on…
- Trial name
- NCT06128265
- Testing
- Sleep Extension, Sleep Regularity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Menopause, Obesity
Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women
The physiological relevance of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in humans is largely unknown. The investigators have shown that suppressing ovarian function in premenopausal women reduces resting energy expenditure (REE), and this is…
- Trial name
- NCT02927392
- Testing
- Leuprolide acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
PreDiabetes
Weight Loss for Prediabetes Using Episodic Future Thinking
The goals of the UH3 are to assess the effectiveness of adding Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) to the investigators standard behavioral weight control program to improve weight loss, delay discounting (DD), working memory…
- Trial name
- MINDD4 (NCT03670602)
- Testing
- Episodic Future Thinking, Daily Check in
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Overweight and Obesity
Randomized Trial Of Achieving Healthy Lifestyles In Psych Rehabilitation
This study will determine whether a behavioral weight loss intervention including dietary counseling and exercise is effective in helping people with serious mental illnesses lose weight.
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE (NCT00902694)
- Testing
- ACHIEVE Intervention, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 291 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obesity
Assessment of and Treatment Applied to Food Addiction in a Rural Healthy Behaviors Clinic
Research purpose: The purpose of this pilot study is to assess obese clients for two phenotypes, those testing positive and those testing negative for Food Addiction (FA) (Yale Food Addiction Scale, YFAS) and determining the…
- Trial name
- NCT03431831
- Testing
- Intervention Control, Counselling, Contrave
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Morbid Obesity, Postoperative Pain
Patients-Controlled Epidural Analgesia After Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity Using Morphine-Levobupivacaine Regimens
Adequate postoperative analgesia can facilitate recovery following gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity. The efficacy and safety of intravenous patient - controlled analgesia has been studied, but up to date no data are…
- Conditions
- Morbid Obesity, Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Bowel Function, Postoperative Ambulation
- Trial name
- NCT01249872
- Testing
- GROUP A : 0 mg MORPHINE-0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE, GROUP B : 1 mg MORPHINE- 0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE, GROUP C : 2 mg MORPHINE-0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- University of Patras
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity
Effects of Dietary Fructose on Gut Microbiota and Fecal Metabolites in Obese Men and Postmenopausal Women: A Pilot Study
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of abnormal liver function tests in the U.S. (Browning, et al., 2004), ranging from steatosis to end-stage liver disease.
- Trial name
- NCT03339245
- Testing
- Fructose Solution (75 Grams), Glucose Solution (75 grams)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rockefeller University
Obesity
Biology and Experience of Eating in Women With Obesity
The purpose of this study is to understand how the opioid system is involved in eating behavior.
- Trial name
- BEE (NCT02805972)
- Testing
- Naloxone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Osteoporosis, Obesity
Breastfeeding and Exercise for Healthy Infants and Postpartum Moms Too!
Approximately 8 million American women suffer from osteoporosis, and one out of every two women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporotic-related fracture in their lifetime (42).
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Obesity, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- BEHIP (NCT00966381)
- Testing
- Exercise and weight loss intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Asthma, Obesity
Role of Cysteinyl Leukotrienes in the Pathogenesis of Asthma in Obesity
The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are higher levels of cysteinyl leukotrienes in obese subjects than in non-obese subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT01158573
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Child Mental Disorders, Obesity
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Kids
The US prevalence of childhood-onset obesity and type 2 diabetes, both predictors of cardiovascular risk, have increased to epidemic proportions in recent decades.
- Conditions
- Child Mental Disorders, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01222494
- Testing
- Behavioral Weight Loss, Diet and Exercise Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Effect of Vestibular Stimulation on Fat Consumption and Energy Expenditure as Assessed Using Indirect Calorimetry
There is an ongoing and worsening problem with obesity in the developed, and much of the developing world. Although it has long been realized that Western diets that are rich in sugar and fat play an important role in this, it…
- Trial name
- NCT03138382
- Testing
- Vestibular Nerve Stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Obesity
To Investigate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacodynamics of GSK2890457 in Healthy Volunteers and Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
This study is the first administration of GSK2890457 in humans. The study will be conducted in 3 parts: - Part A (conducted at a single investigative site) will determine the safety and tolerability of GSK2890457 alone in healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT01725126
- Testing
- GSK2890457, Metformin, Liraglutide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Deep Vein Thrombosis of Lower Limb, Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Continuous Enhanced Circulation Therapy (CECT) Versus Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH)
Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of ActiveCare+ CECT device +/- baby dose aspirin (81 mg QD) for lowering the potential risk for bleeding and of DVT during and after THA surgery in comparison with LMWH.
- Conditions
- Deep Vein Thrombosis of Lower Limb, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Bleeding
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT00358735)
- Testing
- ActiveCare CECT device, Enoxaparin
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 411 people
- Sponsor
- Medical Compression Systems
Obesity, Morbid, Obesity
Topiramate in Adolescents With Severe Obesity
The prevalence of severe pediatric obesity is on the rise and youth with this condition are at elevated risk for developing chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
- Conditions
- Obesity, Morbid, Obesity, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- NCT01859013
- Testing
- Topiramate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Sepsis, Necrotising Enterocolitis Neonatal
Integrated Predictive Monitoring for Sepsis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Behind the scenes pilot trial in the computer lab involving chart review to use neonatal intensive care unit data to create computer models predicting sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis in very small premature infants
- Trial name
- PREMO (K) (NCT07254559)
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Infant, Premature, Nutrition, Enteral
Aspiration of Residual Gastric Contents
The primary purpose of this study is to determine nutrition outcomes and risks to gastrointestinal integrity and function of aspirating for routine gastric contents prior to each feeding in very low birth weight premature infants.
- Trial name
- NCT01863043
- Testing
- No aspiration of gastric contents, Routine aspiration of gastric contents
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 146 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Obese
Anaesthesia for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is commonly done with total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) or balanced anaesthesia using intravenous and an inhalation agent.
- Trial name
- NCT03029715
- Testing
- Propofol, Remifentanil, Dexmedetomidine
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Menoufia University
Obesity, Tuberculosis
Effect of Weight and/or Obesity on Ethambutol Drug Concentrations
This study is designed to measure drug concentrations in the blood of healthy volunteers administered a single dose of ethambutol.
- Trial name
- NCT01048697
- Testing
- Ethambutol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center