Clinical trials: Food Intake
Pediatric Feeding Disorder, Chronic, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
The Use of Cyproheptadine in Pediatric Feeding Disorders
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Cyproheptadine, an appetite stimulant, can improve eating habits in children with Pediatric Feeding Disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT06751290
- Testing
- Cyproheptadine, Nutritional Counseling, Behavioral Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Energy Balance, Physiology - Regulation of Appetite and Food Intake
The Role of Estradiol and Progesterone on Appetite Regulation and Energy Balance
The goal of this study is to determine if estradiol and progesterone are involved in appetite regulation and energy balance. The study aims to complete a 13 day randomized controlled trial (RCT) where oral supplementation of…
- Trial name
- E2 & P4 in EB (NCT07620587)
- Testing
- Estradiol Only, Progesterone Only, Estradiol and Progesterone Combination
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wilfrid Laurier University
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), Crohn Disease (CD)
Eating Disorders in Patients With IBD
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) may influence eating habits and lead some patients to adopt restrictive dietary behaviours to control gastrointestinal symptoms.
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), Crohn Disease (CD), Ulcerative Colitis (UC), ARFID
- Trial name
- NCT07610694
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 355 people
- Sponsor
- Federico II University
Sensory Testing, Umami Taste
Energy Reduction and Umami
People tend to regulate intake by the weight of food rather than its energy content, making energy dense foods, especially those combining salty, fatty, and umami tastes, more likely to promote passive overconsumption.
- Conditions
- Sensory Testing, Umami Taste, Energy Density, Food Intake Measurement
- Trial name
- Season (NCT07438028)
- Testing
- Regular energy density, no added umami, Regular energy density, with added umami, Lowered energy density, with added umami
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Satiety, Appetite
A Study of NatureU Burn on Satiety in Healthy Adults
This single-center, single-blind, non-randomized crossover exploratory study evaluated the short-term effects of NatureU Burn on postprandial satiety in healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Satiety, Appetite, Food Intake, Fat Disorder
- Trial name
- NUBURN (NCT07597382)
- Testing
- Glucose Reference Food, NatureU Burn Plus Glucose
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OmniSolutions Laboratory Holdings Limited
Food Intake Regulation, Training Status
Investigating in Humans the Impact of Training Status on Dietary Consumption With Direct Measurement of Ingestive Behaviour
The goal of the research project is to investigate the influence of training status on ingestive behavior and postprandial physiological responses in the human body.
- Trial name
- HITS (NCT07082582)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michele Serra
Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorders
Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorders (ARFID) in Adolescence: Early Oral Development, Psychopathological Profile and Sensory Integration
The purpose of this study is to assess if adolescents affected with Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorders (ARFID) had more frequent precocious pediatric feeding disorders before 4 years old compared to healthy…
- Trial name
- ARFIDOS (NCT06665802)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Dietary Assessment, Energy Intake
Free-living Validation of the RFPM in Adolescents
The primary aim of this small study is to test the validity of the Remote Food Photography Method and an updated SmartIntake app in a sample of adolescents.
- Conditions
- Dietary Assessment, Energy Intake, Food Intake, Food Photography
- Trial name
- FoodPhone2 (NCT04148560)
- Testing
- Tests of the validity of the RFPM and SmartIntake app.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Food Preferences, Satiety and Food Intake
Sustainable and Inclusive Use of Alternative Proteins in Mediterranean Supply Chains (CIPROMED)
This study investigates the effects of foods enriched with alternative protein sources, including edible insects, microalgae, hemp, and legumes, on appetite regulation, satiety, food preferences, and metabolic health in healthy…
- Conditions
- Food Preferences, Satiety and Food Intake, Appetite Regulation, Overweight (BMI > 25)
- Trial name
- CIPROMED (NCT07553936)
- Testing
- Mediterranean Diet with Control Products (chronic phase), Mediterranean Diet with Insect Protein Bread (chronic phase), Mediterranean Diet with Seaweed-Based Burger (chronic phase)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bologna
ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa
Cognitive Evaluation of Patients With Eating Disorders
The goal of this cross - sectional observational study is to improve understanding of the psychological and cognitive characteristics of Feeding and Eating Disorders (FEDs), a group of conditions that represent a growing public…
- Conditions
- ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Cognitive Flexibility
- Trial name
- DNA_ARFID (NCT07478510)
- Testing
- Go/No-go, IAT, WCST
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Exercise, Overreaching
Impact of Training Load on the Gut miCrobiome And Its Relation to exeRcise Performance, mUscle Phenotype, and markerS of Overreaching in Healthy Men
The goal of this study is to learn how different amounts of supervised indoor cycling training change gut health (gut bacteria, the substances gut bacteria make, and the gut barrier integrity), and how these changes relate to…
- Conditions
- Exercise, Overreaching, Butyrate, Gut Microbiome
- Trial name
- ICARUS (NCT07481578)
- Testing
- Supplement, Moderate load exercise training, High load exercise training
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stefan De Smet
Plant Food Intake
Can Personalised Digital Feedback Help Increase Plant Food Intake?
Inadequate plant food intake is a leading modifiable risk factor for non-communicable disease. However, on average, 88% of individuals do not consume adequate amounts of vegetables.
- Trial name
- D4M (NCT07478068)
- Testing
- Personalised Feedback, Control
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 315 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Sensory Testing, Umami Taste Perception
Effect of Umami Exposure on MSG Induced-satiation
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is an amino acid salt that naturally enhances umami taste in many foods. It is often used to reduce salt (NaCl) in products while keeping the flavour.
- Conditions
- Sensory Testing, Umami Taste Perception, Food Intake Regulation
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT06725615)
- Testing
- Regular Umami exposure, High Umami exposure, Low Umami exposure
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Appetite Regulation, Food Intake
Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Appetite
This study tests a new way to help control appetite. Researchers will use a wearable device on the ear. This device sends gentle electrical pulses to a nerve. This is called vagus nerve stimulation.
- Conditions
- Appetite Regulation, Food Intake, Obesity, Eating Behaviour
- Trial name
- NCT07444177
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Taste Sensitivity, Umami Taste Perception
Umami Taste Intensity and Meal Intake
Sweet and salty tastes can influence food intake. Increased intensity of these tastes has been shown to decrease food intake and increase satiation compared to the less intense taste, independent of palatability.
- Conditions
- Taste Sensitivity, Umami Taste Perception, Food Intake Regulation, Hedonic Function
- Trial name
- OptUmami (NCT07421466)
- Testing
- Hedonic mapping, Ad libitum risotto test meal
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
ARFID, Picky Eating
Chompions! A Treatment Study for Childhood Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a disorder that affects toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults. Individuals with ARFID are not able to consume an adequate amount or variety of food to a degree that it…
- Conditions
- ARFID, Picky Eating, Eating Disorders in Children
- Trial name
- NCT05105308
- Testing
- Family Assisted Diet (FAD), Feeling and Body Investigator_ARFID Division (FBI-ARFID)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Physical Activity, Energy Intake
Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Human Behaviours
This study will investigate whether acute sleep deprivation affects appetite, eating behavior, and physical activity in both regular exercisers and physically inactive individuals.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Energy Intake, Appetite, Food Choice
- Trial name
- NCT07393607
- Testing
- Normal sleep, Partial sleep deprivation
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan Normal University
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS
Unhide® Project: A Digital Health Platform to Collect Lifestyle Data for Brain Inflammation Research
The unhide® Project is a non-interventional, longitudinal research study designed to establish a secure data repository of demographic, health, and lifestyle information from individuals with brain inflammation and related…
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS, Rheumatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Trial name
- NCT04806620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Inflammation Collaborative
Undernutrition
Exploring Food Rejection Dispositions as Potential Risk Factors for Undernutrition in Hospitalized Children Aged 2 to 8
Undernutrition affects over 30% of hospitalized children in France, with 10% severely malnourished yet only half of the cases are diagnosed.
- Trial name
- MEDIALIME (NCT06330025)
- Testing
- Children between 2 and 8 years, without medical treatments or pathologies impacting food intake and his parents
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Dyspepsia
Exposure-Based CBT for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake in Functional Dyspepsia
Randomized controlled trial of an exposure-based behavioral treatment (CBT) in adults with functional dyspepsia who meet criteria for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) with weight loss.
- Conditions
- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Dyspepsia, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT05587127
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital