Clinical trials: Eating Behaviors
Obesity, Overweight
Ignite Pilot: Goal Setting in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention
The goal of this pilot trial is to learn about the optimal intensity level of goals in a digital weight loss intervention among adults with overweight or obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Weight Loss, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05715242
- Testing
- Core Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention, Easier Step Goal, Harder Step Goal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Diet, Healthy, Diet Habit
The UnProcessed Pantry Project (UP3)
There is a need to develop evidence-based interventions that rural food pantries can use to limit the distribution and intake of ultra-processed foods and promote the distribution and intake of minimally processed foods in the…
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Diet Habit, Disease, Chronic, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- UP3 (NCT04241133)
- Testing
- The UnProcessed Pantry Project (UP3)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montana State University
Dietary Habits
Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence-Assisted, Image-Based Dietary Assessment Tool in the Framingham Heart Study
Assessment of dietary intake in large, free-living populations is inherently challenging due to the complex nature of human diet.
- Trial name
- NCT06455111
- Testing
- Keenoa, ASA24
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Obesity
Dopamine and Insulin Resistance
Obese individuals have fewer striatal dopamine type 2 receptors (DRD2) than normal weight individuals. Lower DRD2 levels are associated with addiction and a decreased sense of pleasure.Obesity is also associated with insulin…
- Trial name
- NCT00802204
- Testing
- PET scan, Oral glucose tolerance test, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Self-regulation, Binge Eating
Using Mobile Technology to Better Understand and Measure Self-Regulation
This study will evaluate the extent to which we can engage and manipulate putative targets within the self-regulation domain outside of laboratory settings in samples of smokers and overweight/obese individuals with binge eating…
- Conditions
- Self-regulation, Binge Eating, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT03352713
- Testing
- Laddr
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 185 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Overweight and Obesity, Eating Behavior
An ACT-Based Physician-Delivered Weight Loss Intervention
The purpose of the present study was to conduct a pilot RCT to test the feasibility of a physician-delivered ACT-based intervention for emotional eaters with overweight/obesity against standard care at a network of weight loss…
- Trial name
- NCT03611829
- Testing
- ACT Intervention, Standard Care
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Overweight and Obesity, Eating Behavior
Examination of Bromocriptine on Homeostatic and Hedonic Mechanisms of Food Intake in Individuals at High Risk for T2DM
The current project applies an integrative three-prong approach to investigate the potential of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) agonist bromocriptine to: 1) increase homeostatic satiation signaling, 2) alter neural circuitry to…
- Trial name
- NCT05405244
- Testing
- Bromocriptine-QR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Corona Virus Infection, Pregnancy Related
Understanding COVID-19 Infection in Pregnant Women and Their Babies
This national study will recruit expectant mothers with and without positive nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2, and aims to determine the seroepidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 amongst expectant mothers and their infants in the U.K.
- Conditions
- Corona Virus Infection, Pregnancy Related, Neonatal Infection, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- periCOVID (NCT04703270)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 881 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St George's, University of London
Breast Feeding
Newborn Feeding and Infant Phenotype
Breast feeding is believed to be beneficial to long-term health but how these effects are mediated is unknown. I suggest that this may be through effects on body composition and metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT02033005
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Mental Health Issue, Hiv
Healthy Mothers: an Intervention to Support Perinatal Women Living With HIV in Kenya
The investigators will recruit 40 pregnant women living with HIV divided into 2 groups (n=20 intervention group, n=20 control group).
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Hiv, Breastfeeding, Exclusive
- Trial name
- NCT05219552
- Testing
- personalized lactation support
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Study of Brain, Reward, and Kids' Eating
Children from rural communities are at greater risk for obesity than children from more urban communities. However, some children are resilient to obesity despite greater exposure to obesogenic influences in rural communities…
- Trial name
- BRAKE (NCT05456516)
- Testing
- Food Rating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
OPTIMAL in NH Residents With Dementia
The purpose of this study is to develop and refine OPTIMAL and evaluate its feasibility, fidelity, and usefulness. The OPTIMAL is designed to teach staff to effectively engage residents in eating using individualized…
- Trial name
- NCT05255068
- Testing
- OPTIMAL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Viral Hepatitis B, Contraception
Blood-borne Infection Screening in an Afghan Antenatal Population
Baseline information indicates there are measurable levels of hepatitis B SAg and low utilization of postpartum contraception, correct breastfeeding practices, or adherence to infant vaccination schedules in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- Conditions
- Viral Hepatitis B, Contraception, Breast Feeding, Exclusive, Effects of; Lack of Care of Infants
- Trial name
- NCT01199601
- Testing
- Concentrated postpartum counseling
- Where
- Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 1,291 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Repeated Sweet Food Consumption
Repeated Sweet Breakfasts and Subsequent Sweet Food Preferences and Intakes
This study will assess the impact of repeated sweet breakfast consumption versus repeated non-sweet breakfast consumption on subsequent sweet and non-sweet food preferences and intakes
- Trial name
- NCT03442829
- Testing
- Sweet food consumption, Non-sweet food consumption
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bournemouth University
Obesity
Studying the Effects of Phentermine on Eating Behavior
The goal of this study is to determine whether one week of phentermine compared to placebo administration results in changes in food intake during a laboratory meal.
- Trial name
- NCT01886937
- Testing
- Phentermine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Eating Disorders
Response to Acute Exercise in Eating Disorders
Individuals with eating disorders (ED) represent a high-priority clinical population, with among the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disorder, and driven exercise (DEx) is a symptom evidenced in up to 80% of those with…
- Trial name
- NCT06213883
- Testing
- Biobehavioral Response to in-lab exposure to physical activity
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Pediatric Obesity, Executive Function
Cognitive Aspects of Response to Treatment for Weight-related Health to Improve Eating and Exercise Earlier in Life
We plan to examine whether child and parental cognitive/executive function predict body composition outcomes and adherence to a 6-month protocol of Family-Based Behavioral Treatment (FBT), for pediatric obesity.
- Trial name
- CARTWHEEL (NCT03329300)
- Testing
- Family-based Behavioral Treatment (FBT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Premature Birth of Newborn, Intervention Studies
Direct Swallowing Training and Oral Sensorimotor Stimulation in Preterm Infants
This is randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of direct swallowing training and oral sensorimotor stimulation in preterm infants on oral feeding performance.
- Trial name
- NCT02508571
- Testing
- Direct swallowing training (DST), Oral sensorimotor stimulation (OSMS)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 189 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Feeding Behavior
Variations in Palatability and Portion Size of Vegetables on Meal Intake of Preschool Children
The aim of the study is to determine the effect of varying both the palatability and portion size of vegetables served to preschool children at a meal on the outcomes of food and energy intake at the meal.
- Trial name
- NCT03926065
- Testing
- Plain Vegetables Served in 100% Portion Size, Plain Vegetables Served in 200% Portion Size, Enhanced Vegetables Served in 100% Portion Size
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Binge Eating Disorder
Weight Loss Treatment for Veterans With Binge Eating
This study aims to adapt and test a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment that can be administered concurrently with the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) MOVE! weight management program for Veterans with DSM-5 Binge…
- Trial name
- NCT03234881
- Testing
- MOVE!, MOVE!+CBT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development