Clinical trials: Feeding
Anorexia Nervosa
Adrenal and Gonadal Hormone Replacement in Anorexia Nervosa
This study seeks to gain new information on why young women with anorexia nervosa are predisposed to early bone loss and osteoporosis.
- Trial name
- NCT00310791
- Testing
- Hormone replacement therapy (estrogen/progestin), Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Emotional Eating, Eating Behavior
A One-Day ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is a behaviour that has been linked to weight concerns, mental health concerns, and disordered eating. Effective interventions have been developed to treat emotional eating, however these exist solely in the…
- Trial name
- NCT03744780
- Testing
- ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Repeated Sweet Food Consumption
Repeated Sweet Consumption and Subsequent Sweet Food Preferences and Intake
This study will assess the impact of repeated sweet versus non-sweet food consumption on subsequent sweet and non-sweet food preferences and intakes
- Trial name
- NCT03427658
- Testing
- Sweet food consumption
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bournemouth University
Obesity, Poor Glycemic Control
The Consumption of Beef on Appetite and Cognitive Function
The purpose of the main study is to determine whether the daily consumption of protein-rich meals containing high quality, lean beef products improves appetite control and cognitive function during a weight maintenance diet.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Poor Glycemic Control, Dietary Interventions
- Trial name
- NCT02614729
- Testing
- Standard Protein-Plant, Even Distribution (SP-PLANT-EVEN), Standard Protein-Beef, Even Distribution (SP-BEEF-EVEN), High Protein-Beef, Even Distribution (HP-BEEF-EVEN)
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
HIV Prevention
Supporting Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Decision Making Among Pregnant Women in Lilongwe, Malawi
Purpose: The overall objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of a shared decision-making (SDM) intervention to support personally appropriate decision making about PrEP use…
- Trial name
- NCT06394323
- Testing
- Behavioral: My Choice for HIV Prevention (MyChoice)
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Food Preferences, Appetitive Behavior
The Impact of the Physiological Response to Sugar on Brain Activity and Behavior
The goal of this pilot study is to test the feasibility of assessing how biological factors and chemical properties of sugars may influence metabolism and food reward in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT06015490
- Testing
- Sucrose drink, Glucose drink, Fructose drink
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
PREMIER: PREvention of Metabolic Illness Through prEcision nutRition
Dietary intake is a major driving force behind the escalating obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics. Large, high-quality clinical trials have shown that close adherence to healthy dietary recommendations significantly reduce the…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Diet Habit
- Trial name
- PREMIER (NCT04148482)
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Eating Disorder
Efficacy Trial of a Dissonance Based Eating Disorder Program
The purpose of this clinical trial is to investigate whether symptoms of disordered eating change among participants who complete an intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT03796091
- Testing
- Educational Brochure, Body Project Traditional, Body Project Expanded
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Cornell College
Obesity, Childhood
Storytelling To Prevent Obesity and Encourage Responsive Feeding Practices in Young Children
The goal of this qualitative trial study is to assess the usefulness and acceptability of the intervention in diverse clinical and community settings.
- Trial name
- STORY (NCT05994924)
- Testing
- Educational Handout, Video Series, Group Discussion Sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Poor Performance Status
Nighttime Feeding and Morning Endurance Performance
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a nighttime feeding on next morning running performance, hydration status, and exercise metabolism in female endurance athletes.
- Trial name
- NCT02160873
- Testing
- chocolate milk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Fasting
Electronic Nose Identification of Fasting and Non-fasting Breath Profiles
The investigators will study a noninvasive no risk process by which the investigators can quickly screen and assess for fasting and non-fasting states in individuals scheduled for routine endoscopy.
- Trial name
- Fast Breath (NCT02419976)
- Testing
- a breath analysis using the Aeonose, Aeonose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 879 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Rumination, Stress, Psychological
Testing a Digital Intervention for Adolescents
Teen participants (ages 13-17) will be randomly assigned to either an experimental (the Happify Teens digital platform), or a waitlist control group. The study includes an 8-week intervention period and a 1-month follow up period.
- Trial name
- NCT04567888
- Testing
- Happify Teens
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 353 people
- Sponsor
- Happify Inc.
Binge Eating Disorder
Follow-Up Extension to the Family Study of Binge Eating Disorder
This study involves a 2.5 and 5 year follow-up interview for individuals who participated in the initial family study of binge eating disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00777634
- Testing
- No intervention.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 268 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Binge-Eating Disorder
Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Oral ACT-539313 in the Treatment of Adults With Moderate to Severe Binge Eating Disorder
Placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral ACT-539313 in the treatment of adults with moderate to severe binge eating disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04753164
- Testing
- ACT-539313
- Where
- 30 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Feeding Behavior
Effect of Energy Density Over 5 Days in Preschool Children
In this study, the investigators will vary the energy density of foods served during three 5-day periods. There will be a baseline condition, and then a condition where the energy density of food is lower and a condition where…
- Trial name
- NCT03010501
- Testing
- Food Energy Density
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Cardiovascular Disease
Expression of Longevity Genes in Response to Extended Fasting
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of fasting on physical changes associated with cardiovascular disease.
- Trial name
- FEELGOOD (NCT01059760)
- Testing
- Fasting First, Fed First
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
Nutrition, Enteral
A More Physiological Feeding Process in ICU:the Intermittent Infusion With Semi-solidification of Nutrients
Malnutrition and underfeeding are major challenges in caring for critically ill patients. Continuous feeding were thought to be better tolerated by patients with the limited absorptive gut surface area or gastrointestinal…
- Trial name
- NCT03017079
- Testing
- semi-solid agent with standard enteral feeding, standard enteral feeding
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Pre Diabetes, Overweight and Obesity
TRE With Physical Activity for Weight Management
Approximately 24 million older adults have prediabetes. Obesity, age related decreases in lean mass and increases in fat mass, and sedentary lifestyle have been associated with functional and cognitive decline in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT04978376
- Testing
- Time restricted eating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Weight Loss, Weight Gain
Eating Mindfully to Prevent Weight Regain
The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention to prevent weight regain in weight-reduced adults.
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Eating Behavior, Obesity
- Trial name
- EMPWR (NCT04847843)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Orientated Recovery Enhancement, Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah