Clinical trials: Central Adiposity
Obesity
Effect of VI-0521 (Qsymia®) on Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) in Overweight or Obese Healthy Subjects
The main purpose of this study is measure the effect of VI-0521 on kidney function. Specifically, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) will be measured at baseline, after 4 weeks of study treatment, and after an additional 4 weeks of…
- Trial name
- NCT02229214
- Testing
- Qsymia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VIVUS LLC
Overweight and Obesity
Evaluation of the Effect of Epitomee Device on Gastric Emptying Rate in Healthy Subjects
Evaluation of the effect of Epitomee Device on Gastric Emptying Rate in healthy subjects
- Trial name
- NCT04485936
- Testing
- Epitomee Device
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epitomee medical
Obesity (BMI>30), Insulin Resistance
Interplay of Central and Peripheral Vascular Effects of Insulin in Obesity
Determine the impact of obesity with insulin resistance on the neurovascular response to brain insulin stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT07653464
- Testing
- human insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Alcohol Abuse, Obesity
Project ACTIVE a Clinical Intervention
This is a clinical Randomized Controlled Trial where the study personnel will run a personalized prevention clinic with patients in attempts to improve their preventive health outcomes and compare their health outcomes with a…
- Trial name
- NCT04211883
- Testing
- ACTIVE intervention
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Obesity
A Study to Assess the Compliance and Impact on Weight of Kurbo, a Pediatric Centered Weight Loss App
Kurbo is a health and fitness app that is targeted toward the pediatric population. It utilizes games and activities to educate children about healthy eating, portion control/size and exercise.
- Trial name
- Kurbo (NCT02880254)
- Testing
- Kurbo, Personal Health Coach
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Biomarker Panel for PCOS-Associated Liver Steatosis in Adolescent Girls (COMPASS-pedPCOS)
This single-center, prospective, observational, cross-sectional mechanistic pilot study will evaluate whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) contributes to hepatic steatosis in adolescent girls independently of adiposity.
- Conditions
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Pediatric Obesity, Hyperandrogenism
- Trial name
- COMPASSpedPCOS (NCT07731373)
- Testing
- Extended Serum Biomarker and Hormonal Panel, Liver Elastography with Controlled Attenuation Parameter, Targeted Genotyping of PNPLA3 rs738409 and HSD17B13 rs72613567
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kayseri City Hospital
Obesity
Our Year of Healthy Living (Formative Research & Intervention)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a 7-month social marketing program - Healthy Me, Healthy We (previously called Our Year of Healthy Living) - in improving preschool children's (3-4 years) diet and physical…
- Trial name
- NCT02330354
- Testing
- Healthy Me, Healthy We
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,293 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
The Influence of Fatty-Acids on Systemic and Subcutaneous Cytokines
This is a mono-center randomized controlled trial to be performed in the Center of Medical Research (ZMF) at Medical University Graz and is composed by one screening visit (V1) and two study visits (V2 and V3).
- Trial name
- TNF4 (NCT00708266)
- Testing
- Openflow microperfusion catheter, Intralipid 20%, 0.9% Saline Solution
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Asthma, Obesity
HealthSpark: Health Access for Children in Federally-Subsidized Child Care
HealthSpark is a community-based research network of childcare centers designed to improve the health of children in Miami-Dade County.
- Conditions
- Asthma, Obesity, ADHD
- Trial name
- NCT00339027
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 960 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Obesity
Evaluation of Child Care Staff Weight Management Program
The goal of this 12-month cluster clinical trial is to evaluate if improving child care providers' health behaviors using an online provider weight management program elicits meaningful change in dietary and physical activity…
- Trial name
- NCT05656807
- Testing
- Go NAPSACC Enhanced, Go NAPSACC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 924 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Childhood Obesity
Healthy Families: Transforming Care for Obese Children at NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers
Childhood obesity is a contributing factor to health complications such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and asthma.
- Trial name
- NCT02817009
- Testing
- Social Support, Nutrition Session, Physical Activity Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Inflammation
Effects of Avenanthramide-enriched Oats on Inflammation
The objective of this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel trial is to determine whether consuming avenanthramide-enriched oats daily for 8 weeks on can improve biomarkers of inflammation in older, obese…
- Trial name
- NCT01527604
- Testing
- Avenanthramide-enriched oats, Refined flour absent avenanthramides
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Childhood Obesity
Mountain West Prevention Research Center Core Research Project
This hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation sequential multiple assignment randomized trial will assess the impact of integrating population health management (PHM) strategies-text messaging and enrollment in Building Healthy…
- Trial name
- MW-PRCCRP (NCT07479498)
- Testing
- Text Message-based recruitment, Active outreach follow-up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paul Estabrooks
Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Heart Disease
Umbrella Review and Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Pulses/Legumes and Incident Cardiometabolic Diseases
The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) guidelines have not made any specific recommendations regarding dietary pulses.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- NCT03555734
- Testing
- Dietary pulses or legumes
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Childhood Obesity
Josef Ressel Centre Perinatal Programming
Background: Metabolic imprinting through early childhood nutrition seems to play an important role in the aetiology of obesity. Overweight at age two and later in life is associated with excessive weight gain as early as three…
- Trial name
- JRP (NCT03634930)
- Testing
- observation
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Moenie van der Kleyn
Obesity, Colon Cancer
Proteomic Analysis of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
The expression of proteins in the blood of obese individuals is different from the expression of proteins in healthy individuals, and is also different in individuals after bariatric surgery.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Colon Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Esophageal Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT06787807
- Testing
- bariatric surgery
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Obesity
A Drug Interaction Study of VI-0521 With Metformin, Sitagliptan and Probenecid in Healthy Subjects.
The purposes of this study are to: Find out how much of the study drugs are in the blood of healthy subjects after taking multiple doses of VI-0521, metformin and sitagliptan.
- Trial name
- NCT00842400
- Testing
- Metformin, VI-0521, Sitagliptan, Probenecid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VIVUS LLC
Overweight, Overweight and Obesity
Taxi ROADmAP (Realizing Optimization Around Diet And Physical Activity)
The researchers will conduct 'Taxi ROADmAP (Realizing Optimization Around Diet And Physical activity)', which also utilizes MOST, and the same 4 obesity intervention components as in SANOS, but targets the overweight/obesity…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Overweight and Obesity, Overweight or Obesity, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05770570
- Testing
- Counseling, Text Messages, Phone calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,889 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Obesity
Obesity and Brain: Genes and Environment
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of genetic and environmental risk factors on central nervous system (CNS) reward and satiety circuits in the etiology of obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT02025595
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Obesity, Morbid, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Morbid Obesity and Bariatric Surgery on Brain Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Central Reward System
Background: Morbid obesity is associated with decreased brain µ-opioid receptor availability, possibly resulting in higher food intake needed to gain pleasure from eating.
- Trial name
- BariBrainPET (NCT05080205)
- Testing
- Bariatric surgery
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital