Clinical trials: Child Nutrition Disorders
Obesity, Morbid
GLP-1 Therapy for Weight Loss and Improved Glucose Tolerance in Obese Children
The prevalence of severely obese children is on the rise. Behavioral therapies for weight loss are successful in some, but others need more aggressive approaches such as drug therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00886626
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Overweight and Obesity, Academic Acheivement
Healthy Summer Learners
Summer vacation represents a "window of vulnerability" where dramatic declines in both health and academics occur for elementary age children.
- Trial name
- NCT03321071
- Testing
- Healthy Summer Learners, 21st Century Summer Learning Center
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Healthy, Obesity
Break It Up: A Study Evaluating Breaking Up Daily Sedentary Behavior in Youth
Background: Some studies have found that people can better process sugars when they take walking breaks. Studies have also found that children's attention and memory may improve after exercise.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT03223649
- Testing
- Walking Bouts, Sedentary
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Chronic Kidney Disease stage3, Chronic Kidney Disease stage4
Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy Study of CTAP101 Extended-release Capsules in Children With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
This is a phase 3, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in children with stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease (CKD), secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and vitamin D insufficiency.
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease stage3, Chronic Kidney Disease stage4, Vitamin d Deficiency, Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
- Trial name
- NCT05543928
- Testing
- CTAP101
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- OPKO Health, Inc.
Obesity, Childhood
Community Active and Healthy Families
To address childhood overweight disparities among Latino children in immigrant families a pilot trial of a community-based obesity treatment program, Community Active and Healthy Families (AHF), among 5-12 year old overweight and…
- Trial name
- CommunityAHF (NCT04414553)
- Testing
- Community Active and Healthy Families
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Obesity, Childhood
Wise Social Psychological Interventions to Improve Outcomes of Behavioral Weight Control in Children With Obesity
A 2-arm, parallel group, randomized controlled trial to evaluate overall differences in body mass index (BMI) trajectories over 6 months between 10-16-year-old children with obesity randomized to receive the wise social…
- Trial name
- NCT04422951
- Testing
- Wise interventions -- values self-affirmation and growth mindset -- plus usual care behavioral treatment, Education plus usual care behavioral treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation in Psychiatric Illnesses
Children and adolescents with psychiatric illnesses who are treated with medications called second generation antipsychotic agents (SGA) often gain excessive weight during their treatment with these medications.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency, Psychosis, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- VDSS (NCT01004354)
- Testing
- Ergocalciferols
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Validation Studies
d13C Added Sugar Intake Biomarker: Determining Validity in Children
Added sugars (AS) constitute a significant source (~ 16%) of the total daily calories consumed by youth. The role of AS in health is contentious, and the reliance on self-reported dietary data is an often-cited flaw in existing…
- Trial name
- NCT02455388
- Testing
- High added sugar diet, Low added sugar diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 370 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity
School Water Access, Food and Beverage Intake, and Obesity
It is widely argued that the promotion of water consumption, as an alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages, can assist in childhood obesity prevention efforts.
- Trial name
- NCT03181971
- Testing
- Water First
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,861 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent, Hypercholesterolemia
Statins in Children With Type 1 Diabetes and Hypercholesterolemia
Children with type1 diabetes (T1DM) have increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to chronic increase in the blood sugars and inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT01236365
- Testing
- Atorvastatin
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Obesity, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior
Study of Nutrition and Activity in Kids
While a substantial body of research suggests that RRV is related to obesity, there is very little research on factors that contribute to the RRV of food, particularly how patterns of eating can increase or decrease the…
- Trial name
- SNAK (NCT04027608)
- Testing
- Reinforcing value of HED and LED foods in response to snack food monotony
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Childhood Obesity
Painted Playgrounds Aim 1
Painted Playgrounds Aim 1: Observation will examine the physical environment of licensed childcare centers before and after painting stencil activities (hopscotch, foursquare, fun trails, etc.) on playgrounds.
- Trial name
- NCT03890913
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Healthy
Defining Vitamin D Insufficiency in School Age Children: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Vitamin D3
The study objective is to characterize the threshold levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D for the definition of vitamin D insufficiency in 8-14 year old African American and Caucasian children.
- Trial name
- Vitamin D RCT (NCT00732758)
- Testing
- Vitamin D3 1000 IU
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 157 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Pediatric Cancer, Nutrition Related Cancer
Pediatric Oncology Nutrition Intervention Trial
Nearly 60% of pediatric patients diagnosed with cancer develop malnutrition caused by a combination of disease burden, side effects of chemotherapy, and the intensity of cancer treatment.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Cancer, Nutrition Related Cancer, Nutrition Aspect of Cancer, Muscle Loss
- Trial name
- POINT (NCT06175273)
- Testing
- Oral Nutrition Supplement, Tube Feed, Cyproheptadine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Corey Hawes
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Intranasal Oxytocin for Infants With Prader-Willi Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to compare the change in suck and swallow competency from baseline to morning of day 6 with intranasal oxytocin spray vs placebo in infants/children with Prader-Willi Syndrome who are in nutritional…
- Trial name
- NCT03245762
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Autism Spectrum Disorder
An Integrated Nutrition Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating Habits for Children With ASD
There is an unmet need for nutrition interventions that address both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) specific feeding challenges and unbalanced eating habits among children with ASD to prevent future chronic health conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05194345
- Testing
- Autism Eats nutrition intervention, We Can! enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Obesity; Rurality
Feasibility Trial of the iAMHealthy Intervention
This research study is being done to find out which of 2 ways works best to get rural participants interested in joining a research study about children who weigh more than is considered healthy.
- Trial name
- iAmHealthy (NCT04142034)
- Testing
- the iAmHealthy Behavioral Intervention, Newsletter only arm, Consecutive Recruitment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network
Diet Modification
Mobile Health (mHealth) Nutrition Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The high prevalence of mealtime difficulties and obesity among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) calls for new and innovative ways to promote healthy eating and weight development in this population.
- Trial name
- NCT03424811
- Testing
- Mobile Health Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity in Children
Habituation to Food as a Risk Factor for Pediatric Obesity
The study is designed to assess habituation of behavioral responding for food as risk factors for increases in Standardized Body Mass Index (zBMI) over two years in non-overweight children.
- Trial name
- NCT02229552
- Testing
- Standardized Assessments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 237 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Obesity
Family Nutrition Physical Activity Tool Use During Well Child Visits
The main aim of the study would be to examine the effect of using a health behavior screening tool and a brief patient centered conversation on health behavior goal setting during well-child visits.
- Trial name
- FNPA (NCT02067728)
- Testing
- FNPA tool, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 430 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago