Clinical trials: Child Overnutrition
Hyperhomocysteinemia, Obesity
Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation on Plasma Homocysteine Level in Obese Children
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether folic acid supplementation could reduce plasma homocysteine in obese children and to determine the association between dietary folate, serum folate and homocysteine level…
- Trial name
- NCT01766310
- Testing
- Folic Acid
- Where
- 2 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
Obesity
Water Induced Thermogenesis in Obese Children
Drinking water is largely advocated for obesity prevention and management. Recent studies have suggested that water has a thermogenic effect, this has not been examined in children.
- Trial name
- NCT00794469
- Testing
- Water
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Pediatric Obesity, NAFLD
Effect of Obesity on Proton Pump Inhibitors
This longitudinal study tests the hypothesis that obesity affects drug pharmacology of acid suppression medications in children.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, NAFLD, GERD
- Trial name
- LiverLabPPI (NCT04248335)
- Testing
- Lansoprazole, Pantoprazole, Midazolam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Pediatric Obesity
Healthy Eating for My Infant (HEMI)
Infants from underserved and minority backgrounds are at increased risk for obesity and poor feeding and nutrition outcomes, but obesity prevention programs tailored specifically to the needs of these infants are lacking.
- Trial name
- NCT04977947
- Testing
- Healthy Eating for My Infant
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Behavior, Health, Child Obesity
Greenlight Plus Study: Approaches to Early Childhood Obesity Prevention
A randomized controlled trial enrolling 900 parent-infant dyads (English and Spanish speaking) comparing Greenlight (control), a behavioral intervention focusing on nutrition, physical activity, media use, and sleep as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT04042467
- Testing
- Greenlight Plus, Greenlight
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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)
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Effects of Leptin Replacement in Children
To assess the endocrine and immune effects of leptin replacement in leptin-deficient children, from a consanguineous family. The hypothesis is that leptin replacement will have significant effects on endocrine function.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT00659828
- Testing
- Recombinant methionyl human leptin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Obesity, Childhood, Physical Activity
Fit 5 Kids Screen Time Reduction Curriculum for Latino Preschoolers
Childhood obesity and metabolic risk are at record high levels in the US, and Latino children are at very high risk. This project will test an intervention called Fit 5 Kids, designed for Latino preschoolers to decrease their…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Physical Activity, Nutrition
- Trial name
- Fit5Kids (NCT03575884)
- Testing
- Screen Time Reduction Curriculum
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Obesity, Overweight
Children's Use of the Built Environment for Physical Activity
The study aims are to develop and test the feasibility of a pediatric physical activity intervention that incorporates personal information on use of the built environment, and test the intervention's preliminary efficacy at…
- Trial name
- CUBES (NCT01939405)
- Testing
- built environment use counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Octreotide Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
The purpose of this study is to investigate over a 6 month period the effect of octreotide therapy on food intake, sense of hunger, body weight, body composition, efficiency of burning calories, biomarkers of weight regulation…
- Trial name
- NCT00399893
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
PreDiabetes, Overweight and Obesity
Family Diabetes Prevention Program Pilot Study
This study will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a family-oriented augmentation of the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention (DPP), called the Family DPP.
- Conditions
- PreDiabetes, Overweight and Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Overweight, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT05358444
- Testing
- National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention (DPP), Family Diabetes Prevention Program (Family DPP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Bullying, Weight, Body
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Weight-related Bullying (Online Treatment)
This study will perform a clinical trial with adolescents to pilot a new cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for weight-related bullying testing (1) feasibility, (2) acceptability, and (3) initial efficacy.
- Conditions
- Bullying, Weight, Body, Trauma, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT04587752
- Testing
- CBT for Weight Bullying
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity, Infant, Language Development
Music and Child Health and Development
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Infant, Language Development, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05868811
- Testing
- Music Together, Play Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Overweight and Obesity, Adiposity
Healthy Mothers-Healthy Children Nutrition
Using a randomized two-group, repeated measures experimental design, the goal of the proposed study is to investigate the efficacy of a 12-week nutrition and exercise education, physical activity, coping skills training, and…
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Adiposity, Nutrient; Excess, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- HMHC (NCT03866902)
- Testing
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention, English for Second Language Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 578 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
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 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, Insulin Resistance
Correction of Vitamin D Levels and Its Effect on Insulin Resistance and Weight Gain in Obese Youth
Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common in obese youth. In our obese population followed in the Endocrinology clinic at Children's Medical Center Dallas, vitamin D levels were inversely correlated with a measure of insulin…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Vitamin D Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT02168660
- Testing
- Vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- Perrin C White, MD
Parental Stress, Parent and Child Stress
Family Based Mindfulness Intervention
The goal of the proposed interdisciplinary study is to assess feasibility of recruiting a pilot sample of parents of toddlers and engaging them in a pilot study to test a version of mindfulness-based intervention for parenting…
- Conditions
- Parental Stress, Parent and Child Stress, Parental and Child Obesity, Child Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01974102
- Testing
- Lifestyle counseling, Parenting Mindfully for Health (PMH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Prader-Willi Syndrome
CBDV vs Placebo in Children and Adults up to Age 30 With Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
This study aims to examine the feasibility and safety of cannabidivarin (CBDV) as a treatment for children and young adults with PWS.
- Trial name
- NCT03848481
- Testing
- CBDV Compound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eric Hollander
Pediatric Obesity
Use of Metformin in Treatment of Childhood Obesity
This study expects to evaluate the use of metformin in the management of obese children. Insulin resistance among obese Sri Lankan children (south Asian origin) is high, which had been shown in the investigators previous work.
- Trial name
- NCT02274948
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- Sri Lanka
- Volunteers
- 339 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colombo