Clinical trials: Dietary Fat
Breast Cancer
Dietary Fat, Eicosanoids and Breast Cancer Risk
The primary objective of this investigation is to determine whether diets designed to increase plasma n3 concentrations (a low fat diet, with or without n3 fatty acid enrichment), will favorably affect sex hormone distribution in…
- Trial name
- NCT01824498
- Testing
- Low Fat diet, Low Fat high n3 diet, High Fat Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Gout, Hyperuricemia
The Diet Gout Trial
Unhealthy diet has long been associated with high uric acid levels and gout. The DASH diet may lower uric acid levels. This study will examine the effects of the DASH diet on uric acid in adults with a history of gout.
- Trial name
- DIGO (NCT03569020)
- Testing
- Subsidy for food purchases and dietitian education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obesity
Considering Patient Diet Preferences to Optimize Weight Loss
Obesity is increasingly common and can lead to decreased quality of life, increased medical and psychiatric illness, high health care costs, and early mortality.
- Trial name
- DietChoice (NCT01152359)
- Testing
- Choice, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Obesity
Vestibular Stimulation to Trigger Adipose Loss (VeSTAL) Clinical Trial
A randomized, double blind sham controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS), combined with a lifestyle modification program, compared to a sham control and a lifestyle modification…
- Trial name
- VeSTAL (NCT03640286)
- Testing
- VeSTAL
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neurovalens Ltd.
Healthy, Healthy Volunteers
Effects of Low Fat Versus Low Carbohydrate Diets on Energy Metabolism
Background: Researchers want to learn how different diets affect hormone levels, body weight, energy expenditure, liver fat, and more. To do this, they will use specialized techniques and food plans.
- Trial name
- NCT03878108
- Testing
- LCHF diet, LFHC diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Phenylketonuria
Nutritional and Neurotransmitter Changes in PKU Subjects on BH4
HYPOTHESIS: The investigators hypothesize that KuvanTM therapy could influence nutritional and body composition parameters and neurotransmitter concentrations in pediatric and adult PKU subjects.
- Trial name
- BH4&PKU (NCT00688844)
- Testing
- KuvanTM Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hypercholesterolemia
Effect of a Treatment With a Nutraceutical Combination on Sub-optimal LDL Cholesterol Levels
High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk factor for coronary heart disease. It is well demonstrated that drugs that reduce the intestinal absorption of cholesterol or block the synthesis of cholesterol or the…
- Trial name
- NATCOL (NCT03739242)
- Testing
- Nutraceutical combination
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.r.l.
Alcohol Consumption
Effects of Alcoholic Beverages in Pro-inflammatory and Antioxidant Profile After an Oral Fat Diet
Hypothesis: Red wine intake but not other alcoholic beverages together with a fat diet will decrease inflammatory factors and lipid peroxidation and decrease antioxidant capacity in healthy people after a five days period.
- Trial name
- NCT02033174
- Testing
- Oral fat diet plus water with sugar, Oral fat diet plus alcoholic beverages
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón
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
Healthy Volunteers
Effect of Sucrose on Liver Fat
AIMS To determine the effect of high and low sucrose diets on liver fat in healthy adult men with liver fat levels below 5%
- Trial name
- NCT02015442
- Testing
- Sucrose
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Obesity, Diabetes
Framingham State Food Study
This study will evaluate the effects of dietary composition on energy expenditure and chronic disease risk factors, while also exploring physiological mechanisms underlying these effects.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- (FS)2 (NCT02068885)
- Testing
- Feeding study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital