Clinical trials: Energy Balance
Energy Supply; Deficiency, Energy Balance
Effects of Acute Energy Deficit and Aerobic Exercise on Muscle Quality
10 healthy, male, participants will complete a a 5-day baseline assessment (days -5 to -1) and two consecutive 5-day periods of controlled exercise to increase oxidative capacity (3 days of aerobic exercise per period, 15 kcal/kg…
- Conditions
- Energy Supply; Deficiency, Energy Balance, Energy Availability
- Trial name
- NCT05203133
- Testing
- Energy Balance, Energy Deficit, Baseline Assessment
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool John Moores University
Chronic Low-back Pain
Muscle Energy Technique and Foam Roller Self Myofascial Release in Two-wheeler Riders With Chronic Low Back Pain
Pain in the lower back is a major concern in today's era due to prolonged sitting in two-wheeler riders, mainly due to hamstring tightness. It also creates physical disability and impairment in activities of daily living.
- Trial name
- NCT06017804
- Testing
- Muscle energy technique, Self-myofascial release technique
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King Saud University
Smoking Cessation
Quit and Fit: A Tobacco Cessation and Energy Balance Pilot for African Americans
The Quit \& Fit intervention will be designed as a 12-week study to promote smoking cessation, increase physical activity levels, and reduce weight gain through regular exercise and healthy nutrition for African American Women…
- Trial name
- Quit and Fit (NCT02103582)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Healthy
Efficacy of a Probiotic Formulation on Energy Balance in Overweight Subjects
Probiotic administration is associated with health benefits on gut barrier integrity and immunological functions of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Trial name
- NCT01066260
- Testing
- Probiotic formulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Obesity, Weight Loss
The Big Breakfast Study
This weight loss study will investigate the impact of diet composition and meal size (large breakfast meals and smaller evening meals) on body weight, energy balance and eating behaviour, by altering calorie (meal) distribution.
- Trial name
- NCT03077295
- Testing
- High Fibre, High Protein
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aberdeen
Obesity
Diet, Imaging and Energy Balance Trial (DIET)
To evaluate whether changes in macronutrient consumption (i.e., switching to a diet low in carbohydrates) can change brain responses to cues depicting foods representing that macronutrient.
- Trial name
- DIET (NCT00787280)
- Testing
- Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet (LCKD), Low Fat Diet (LFD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Obesity, Osteoporosis
Milk Supplementation and Energy Balance.
The aim of the project is to determine if milk supplementation during a caloric restriction program facilitates the lost of weight, improves the appetite control and attenuates the decrease of bone mineral content in low-calcium…
- Trial name
- NCT00729170
- Testing
- Supplementation of milk (35% more calcium)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Obesity
Fasted Evening Exercise: Performance and Compensatory Eating
This study will compare the appetite, energy intake, and exercise performance responses to a bout of exercise completed in the evening after an extended period of fasting with a similar bout of exercise completed in the evening…
- Trial name
- NCT04742530
- Testing
- Fasted Evening Exercise, Fed Evening Exercise, Fed Morning Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nottingham Trent University
Sleep
The Sleep Lengthening and Metabolic Health, Body Composition, Energy Balance and Cardiovascular Risk Study
Short sleep duration has been associated with increased risk of weight gain and development of non-communicable diseases. Sleep deprivation studies have suggested the link between restricted sleep and risk of adiposity and…
- Trial name
- SLuMBER (NCT02787577)
- Testing
- Sleep Lengthening
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Cardiovascular Diseases
Fat Metabolism in Response to Acute Diet- and Exercise-induced Changes in Energy Balance
This study is being conducted to learn more about the role of diet and exercise in regulating plasma triglyceride (fat) metabolism.
- Trial name
- DEV (NCT00830999)
- Testing
- Positive energy balance, Energy balance with exercise, Negative energy balance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity
Integrating Quantitative Energetics Determines the Microbiome's Contribution to Energy Balance
We propose to study the role of the gut microbiome in the development of obesity, and whether we can change the microbiome's contribution to host energy balance through diet.
- Trial name
- NCT02939703
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Liver Cirrhoses
Indirect Calorimeter Based Study in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis
Part I- Observational study In the first part , investigator would investigate and compare the energy requirements and substrate utilization in healthy subjects and in patients with liver cirrhosis of various etiologies across…
- Trial name
- METALIC (NCT03871894)
- Testing
- Indirect calorimetry based nutritional intervention till patient in ICU(Intensive care unit), Standard and fixed nutritional intervention till patient in ICU
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Body Mass Index 25 or Greater, BRCA1 Gene Mutation
Energy Balance Interventions in Increasing Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Gene Positive Patients, Lynch Syndrome-Positive Patients, CLL Survivors or High-Risk Family Members
This pilot clinical trial studies different types of energy balance interventions to see how well they work in increasing the physical activity levels of breast cancer gene-positive patients, Lynch syndrome-positive patients…
- Conditions
- Body Mass Index 25 or Greater, BRCA1 Gene Mutation, BRCA2 Gene Mutation, Breast Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT02194387
- Testing
- Dietary Intervention, Internet-Based Intervention, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 337 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Energy Expenditure in Burn Children, Protein Turnover in Burn Children
Total Energy Expenditure, Protein Kinetics, and Body Composition in Recovering Burn Children.
The purpose of this study is to measure resting energy expenditure, total energy expenditure, and physical activity in recovering burn children to better understand their relation to impaired growth and nutritional status; and to…
- Trial name
- TEE (NCT01544868)
- Testing
- Use of Stable Isotope to Measure Energy Expenditure and Protein Turnover
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
Overweight, Obesity
An Intergenerational Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention to Reduce Appalachian Health Disparities
The study purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate, faith-placed lay health advisor intervention aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity among intergenerational Appalachian…
- Trial name
- NCT01373307
- Testing
- LHA-delivered energy balance classes/activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nancy Schoenberg
Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Through Science Enrichment
Type 2 diabetes and obesity in children continue to increase at alarming rates with devastating results. However, both these metabolic diseases are largely preventable through adoption of a healthy lifestyle, an understanding of…
- Trial name
- DKENERGY (NCT00541879)
- Testing
- Program ENERGY, comparison
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,909 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Obesity
Comparison of 1 vs 3 Sets of Resistance Training on Muscular Hypertrophy
This study is designed to investigate the effects of two levels of resistance weight training on body composition, energy expenditure, and energy intake in men and women. The weight training will take about one hour to complete.
- Trial name
- NCT01107691
- Testing
- Amount of resistance offered in training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Body Weight, Health Behavior
Body Weight, Body Composition and Energy Balance Related Behavior During the Transition to Parenthood
Understanding critical periods during which people are at risk to gain weight or display unhealthy changes in energy balance related behaviour, i.e.
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Health Behavior, Pregnancy, First Pregnancy
- Trial name
- TRANSPARENTS (NCT03454958)
- Testing
- Measurements of body composition
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Active Lifestyle Males, Inactive Lifestyle Males
The Effects of Exercise on Dietary Intake
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not energy and macronutrient intake changes when comparing habitually active and habitually sedentary college-aged males in two different sessions of one resting and one…
- Trial name
- NCT00943436
- Testing
- Exercise Session, Rest Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Over-eating, Obesity
The Breathe Light Study
The purpose of this study is to develop a novel, non-invasive method that will provide personalized feedback during dietary interventions as a marker for compliance.
- Trial name
- NCT01976455
- Testing
- 20% fewer calories, 40% fewer calories
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center