Clinical trials: Diet
Dietary Modification
Efficacy and Acceptability of Low-Residue Diet Package (Enimaclin®) as Diet Control Before Colonoscopy
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and the acceptability of low-residue diet package (Enimaclin®) as diet control before colonoscopy.
- Trial name
- NCT01665157
- Testing
- Enimaclin®, Self-controlled diet, 2L PEG-ELS
- Where
- 4 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Obesity
Evaluation of Pulse Fibre Supplementation on Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
The recent dramatic increase in obesity has been linked to a reduction of dietary fibre intake. We hypothesized that supplementing the diet of overweight and obesity adults with pulse fibre will improve their metabolic status…
- Trial name
- NCT01719900
- Testing
- Pulse fibre, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Heart Failure, Hypertension, Pulmonary
Dietary Nitrate for Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to determine if nitrates in a food, in this case - beetroot juice (BRJ) - is efficacious in improving exercise tolerance and/or peak power in patients with heart failure.
- Trial name
- NCT01682356
- Testing
- Beetroot juice
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity
Protein and Resistance Exercise to Stop Sarcopenic Obesity Now
The purpose of this study is to examine the separate and combined effects of a high-protein (HP) diet and resistance training (RT) on body composition and potential biological moderators of body weight in women and men >50y.
- Trial name
- PRESS ON (NCT04014296)
- Testing
- High Protein Diet Counseling, Resistance Training Counseling, Intensify Initial Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Obesity
The DEB Pilot Study
The purpose of the current study is to test if weight change is differentially affected by consumption of foods that are identical in carbohydrate (i.e. sugar) but vary in food form over 1 month.
- Trial name
- DEB Pilot (NCT03190993)
- Testing
- Sugar Sweetened Solid Treatment, Sugar Sweetened Beverage Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Addition of Sitagliptin in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Receiving Acarbose Monotherapy (MK-0431-130)
This study will evaluate whether the addition of sitagliptin reduces hemoglobin A1C (A1C) more than the addition of placebo for participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on a steady dose of acarbose.
- Trial name
- NCT01177384
- Testing
- Sitagliptin phosphate, Acarbose, Glimepiride
- Volunteers
- 380 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Effect of Elemental Diet on Adult Patients With Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of an elemental diet on adult patients with Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
- Trial name
- NCT03320369
- Testing
- Elemental Diet Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Heart Failure
The Effect of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Congestive Heart Failure
A diet rich in Omega-3 (fish oil) reduces plasma triglycerides and the risk for ischemic heart disease. Recently, a large trial evaluating treatment with Omega 3 in heart failure patients suggested that omega 3 may lower the risk…
- Trial name
- NCT00944229
- Testing
- LOVAZA (Omega-3)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
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
Dietary Habits
Tanglewood Trail Walking Program in Rural Kentucky 2019
The Tanglewood Trail Walking Program is a well established community health initiative that encourages community members to walk approximately 1 mile to the Whitesburg Farmers Market each Saturday.
- Trial name
- NCT05002972
- Testing
- walking group led by a community organizer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Dawn Brewer
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
Memory Loss
Dietary Flavanols and Dentate Gyrus Function
to assess the effect of differing amounts of a cocoa-derived dietary flavanol (epicatechin ) on dentate gyrus function and corresponding cognitive function
- Trial name
- NCT02312310
- Testing
- Cocoa Flavanol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 211 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Diet Quality
Nutricity: An mHealth Nutrition Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Latino Children
The overall objective of this application is to pilot test an mHealth nutrition intervention within pediatric clinics serving Latino families and evaluate its potential for implementation.
- Trial name
- NCT06266468
- Testing
- Nutricity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Inflammation, Diet Modification
Watermelon Focused Dietary Inflammatory Index Intervention
A large, persuasive, and ever-increasing body of evidence links chronic inflammation to virtually all of the chronic diseases that cause the majority of disability and death in the U.S., including diabetes, cardiovascular…
- Trial name
- IMAGINE (NCT03158740)
- Testing
- DII-Based Counseling System, general health education control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Michael D. Wirth
Obesity
Effect of Weight Loss on Myocardial Metabolism and Cardiac Relaxation in Obese Adults
Obesity adversely affects myocardial (muscular heart tissue) metabolism, efficiency, and diastolic function. The objective of this study was to determine if weight loss could improve obesity-related myocardial metabolism and…
- Trial name
- NCT00572624
- Testing
- Diet, Gastric bypass surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Healthy Volunteers
Effect of Three Fibres on Glycaemic and Insulinaemic Responses in Healthy Adult Volunteers
The purpose of this study is to determine whether DuPont Experimental Dietary Fibre products 1 and 2 are digested using glycaemic and insulinaemic response as markers.
- Trial name
- NCT02701270
- Testing
- Experimental Dietary Fibre 1, Experimental Dietary Fibre 2, Polydextrose
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danisco
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Double-blind Ipragliflozin Add-on Study in Japanese Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Who Have Inadequate Glycemic Control on Sitagliptin (MK-0431J-843)
This is a study to assess the safety and efficacy of the addition of ipragliflozin once daily in Japanese participants with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who have inadequate glycemic control on sitagliptin, diet, and exercise…
- Trial name
- NCT02577003
- Testing
- Ipragliflozin, Sitagliptin
- Volunteers
- 143 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Alcohol Use Disorder
Broccoli Extract Supplementation in Older Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder
Chronic alcohol consumption leads to perturbations in gut microbiome balance (dysbiosis) and disruption of gut barrier integrity.
- Trial name
- NCT05902754
- Testing
- Generally Recognized as Safe - Sulforaphane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Pediatric Obesity
Family-based Lifestyle Intervention Program and Carotenoid Supplementation for Children With Obesity
This is a pilot study of children between the ages of 8 to 11 years of age who are obese and participating in an intense family based intervention with a family-focused multi-component lifestyle intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT02060279
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention and carotenoid supplements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes
Lifestyle Intervention for Pakistani Women in Oslo
Immigrants from South Asia in Norway have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and conditions related to the metabolic syndrome. It has been documented that these conditions may be prevented by changes in lifestyle.
- Trial name
- InnvaDiab (NCT00425269)
- Testing
- lifestyle intervention (diet and physical activity)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo