Clinical trials: Child Weight
Endothelial Dysfunction, Childhood Obesity
Evolution of Maternal Weight During Pregnancy and Influence on the Endothelial Function in Her Offspring
The rising worldwide prevalence of obesity and its subsequently rising incidence of concommitant diseases as diabetes and cardiovascular events impose a defiant obstacle for the health care and associated health care costs of…
- Trial name
- EFFECTOR (NCT02992106)
- Testing
- Parental questionnaires, Blood sample, Urine sample
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Overweight and Obesity, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Families, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Executive Function
The pilot study will be a one group open-label treatment program and will be used to refine a parent-based behavioral treatment enhanced with executive-function training (PBT-EF) for children with comorbid overweight or obesity…
- Trial name
- FRESH-EF (NCT05165511)
- Testing
- PBT-EF
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Overweight, Children
Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain by Discouraging Students From Drinking Sodas
The purpose of this study was to encourage students to reduce soft drinks intake, substituting it by water, in order to prevent and control overweight prevalence.
- Trial name
- NCT02653352
- Testing
- Lifestyle modification
- Volunteers
- 1,140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Study Looking at How Well Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder on Medications Like Having More Protein
Antipsychotic medications are commonly prescribed in children and adults with ASD (Curtin, Jojic \& Bandini, 2014). But weight gain has been known to be one of the less desirable effects of these medications, increasing one's…
- Trial name
- NCT03708614
- Testing
- Controlled energy diet with elevated protein intake
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition
Brain Mechanisms of Overeating in Children
The proposed research will follow healthy weight children who vary by family risk for obesity to identify the neurobiological and appetitive traits that are implicated in overeating and weight gain during the critical…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition, Decision Making, fMRI
- Trial name
- RO1 (NCT03341247)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
School- and Home-Based Program to Prevent Obesity in American Indian Children
The purpose of this study is to prevent excessive weight gain among kindergarten and first grade American Indian children using improved diet and increased physical activity at home and at school.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00123032
- Testing
- Diet, Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Child Obesity, Social Determinants of Health
Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Child Obesity Treatment Using Community Health Workers
The goal of this small pilot study is to test the feasibility of combining a three-month intervention of working with a community health worker (CHW) to address social risk factors for patients prior to beginning a group weight…
- Trial name
- NCT06520657
- Testing
- Community Health Worker, Child weight management intervention, Standard of Care referral to resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Obesity, Diabetes
The Effects of Carbohydrate Source on Food Intake, Blood Glucose and Gut Hormone Response in Healthy Children
This study will compare the effects of commonly consumed carbohydrate sources such as potatoes, pasta and rice along with a fixed portion of meat on blood glucose, satiety and insulin levels among healthy body weight children.
- Trial name
- NCT02499107
- Testing
- Rice treatment, Pasta treatment, Boiled and mashed potato treatment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Obesity
A School-based Gardening Obesity Intervention for Low-income Minority Children
The investigators recently completed an NIH R21 grant, which was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effects of a gardening, nutrition, and cooking program in 375 low-income Hispanic students living in Los Angeles.
- Trial name
- NCT02668744
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jaimie N. Davis
Obesity, Childhood
Changing Health and Lifestyle Behaviors of Offspring Following Maternal Bariatric Surgery
This is the Phase 2 pilot/feasibility randomized controlled trial of HALO (Health And Lifestyle Behaviors In Offspring), a parent-led behavioral intervention targeting a high-risk pediatric population (i.e., residing offspring…
- Trial name
- HALO-2 (NCT05350267)
- Testing
- HALO, Enhanced Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Obesity
Ready. Set. ACTION! A Theater-Based Obesity Prevention Program for Children
The goal of Ready, Set, ACTION! (RSA) is to test the feasibility of implementing a theater-based after-school program to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and positive body image with children in grades four through six.
- Trial name
- RSA (NCT00604513)
- Testing
- Ready. Set. ACTION! Protocol, Control
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Pediatric Obesity
Non-Invasive Diagnostic Panel for MASLD in Children With Obesity
This prospective, single-center, two-group observational study evaluates a non-invasive multi-parameter diagnostic panel for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in children with obesity.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Pediatric Obesity, Insulin Resistance Syndrome
- Trial name
- PedMASLD-Pilot (NCT07731360)
- Testing
- Non-Invasive Multi-Parameter Diagnostic Panel
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Kayseri City Hospital
Heart Failure
A Trial to Learn How Safe Vericiguat (BAY1021189) is and the Way the Body Absorbs, Distributes and Gets Rid of Vericiguat in Participants With Liver Disease and in Age-, Weight- and Gender-matched Healthy Participants
Vericiguat (BAY1021189) is under development to treat heart failure, a condition in in which the heart has trouble pumping blood through the body.
- Trial name
- NCT04722562
- Testing
- Vericiguat (BAY1021189)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Childhood Obesity
Effects of Physical Activity on Disease Risk Factors
Obesity is associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes (Kim et al., 2010). Appalachian children in Athens County, Ohio, experience higher rates of obesity compared to the national average (20.9% vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01849315
- Testing
- AKIDS II
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
Breast Feeding
Randomized Controlled Trial of Dietary Advice in Primary Care to Promote Healthy Feeding of Infants
A cluster randomized field trial to evaluate the impact that training healthcare workers in healthy feeding practices has on the nutrition and health of children.
- Trial name
- NCT00635518
- Testing
- Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding children programme
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Obesity
SCALE KIDS: Research Study to Look at How Well a New Medicine is at Lowering Weight in Children With Obesity
The study looks at how liraglutide works on participant's body weight. Researchers will look at how liraglutide can help children with obesity to lose weight.
- Trial name
- NCT04775082
- Testing
- Liraglutide
- Where
- 32 sites in United States, Belgium and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Novo Nordisk A/S
Childhood Obesity
Husky Reads Effectiveness in Increasing Produce Preference and Food Group Identification in Preschool Children
Since 1998, UCONN undergraduate students have volunteered as part of a service- learning course to deliver a program called Husky Reads.
- Trial name
- NCT03338257
- Testing
- Husky Reads Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Preterm Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Guangzhou Preterm and Term Birth Cohort Study
The Guangzhou Preterm-Term Birth Cohort (GPTBC) is a prospective observational study of how early-life nutrition, environmental exposures, and family factors relate to the health and development of preterm and term infants and…
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- GPTBC (NCT07756177)
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
Obesity, Neural Tube Defects
Folate Metabolism in Normal Weight and Obese Women of Child-bearing Age
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in the short term response in serum folate after a single dose of folic acid in normal weight and obese women of childbearing age.
- Trial name
- NCT01743196
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Georgia
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
In-home Obesity Prevention to Reach Low-income Infants
Existing obesity prevention efforts have had limited success among underserved, low-income children. This study capitalizes on the strengths of a nationwide ongoing Home Visitation Program (HVP), which serves at-risk, low-income…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Obesity; Familial
- Trial name
- NCT03529695
- Testing
- Standard HVP Curriculum, Obesity Prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
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