Clinical trials: Fat Metabolism
HIV Infections, Lipodystrophy
Observational Study of Fat Loss in HIV Infected Adults Taking Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are a class of anti-HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) drug that can be an important part of an HIV treatment regimen.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Lipodystrophy, Metabolic Diseases, Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00119405
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
HIV Infection
HIV and Fat Accumulation
This is a research study to see whether fat accumulation either under the skin or in the body's organs, for example, the liver, improves in men and women who take a drug called telmisartan.
- Trial name
- MATH (NCT01088295)
- Testing
- Telmisartan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Type 2 Diabetes
Anti-inflammatory Effects of the Fiber
This study will help elucidate the mechanism underlying the cardioprotective and anti-diabetes effect of dietary fiber by exploring a comprehensive set of inflammatory and oxidative stress markers, based on a contemporary…
- Trial name
- NCT02868788
- Testing
- dietary fiber, HFHC meal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University at Buffalo
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Effect of Exenatide on Liver and Heart Fat and Inflammation
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of exenatide on liver and heart (myocardial) fat and inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT01951651
- Testing
- Exenatide, Glipizide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
HIV Lipodystrophy
Combination of Insulin Sensitizer and Leptin as Treatment for the HAART -Induced Metabolic Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with HIV lipodystrophy (fat wasting) benefit from taking the combination of two drugs, one insulin sensitizer (either metformin or pioglitazone, both diabetes drugs) and…
- Trial name
- NCT00362440
- Testing
- Leptin, Pioglitazone or metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Obesity, Weight Loss
Evaluation of Safety, Efficacy and Thermogenesis-induction of RZL-012 in Overweight and Obese Volunteers
Obesity is a direct result of food-intake in excess of body energy expenditure. Thus, induction of increased energy expenditure via the activation of thermogenesis at targeted anatomical sites can counterbalance obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03171415
- Testing
- RZL-012
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Raziel Therapeutics Ltd.
Obesity, Visceral, Obesity; Endocrine
Study of Lipolysis of Visceral Reserve Fat Using Tecar Therapy.
The Scope of this study is to assess the visceral and subcutaneous fat loss in patients having Tecar (Radiofrequency) Therapy and its effects on other anthropometric variables, adipokines and inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT06377358
- Testing
- Tecar Therapy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CAPENERGY MEDICAL, SL
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Vitamin D Deficiency
Nutrition and Body Composition in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Many adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been found to have low bone density by the end of treatment. This can lead to long-term suffering in survivors due to poor bone health.
- Trial name
- NCT01317940
- Testing
- Vitamin D and Calcium Citrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
NAFLD, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Study of ISIS 703802 in Participants With Hypertriglyceridemia, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study to evaluate the safety, including tolerability, of ISIS 703802 and to assess the efficacy of different doses and dosing regimens of ISIS…
- Conditions
- NAFLD, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Hypertriglyceridemia, Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic
- Trial name
- NCT03371355
- Testing
- ISIS 703802 40 mg, ISIS 703802 80 mg, ISIS 703802 20 mg
- Where
- 42 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Akcea Therapeutics
Obesity
Toward an Automated Method of Abdominal Fat Segmentation of MR Images
Subjects will undergo a brief magnetic resonance (MRI) scan. The resulting images will be used to compare two abdominal fat segmentation techniques. The first technique is already validated and in use.
- Trial name
- NCT01228968
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine