Clinical trials: Indirect Calorimetry
Bladder Cancer
Metabolism Evaluation Through Resting Indirect Calorimetry in Bladder Cancer (METRICS)
This study is being done to learn more about energy needs and muscle function during treatment for bladder cancer. These insights can help improve future patient care.
- Trial name
- METRICS (NCT06721260)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation
Nutritional Needs and Intake on Clinical Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Elderly Patients
The purposes of this study were to investigate the caloric requirement and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated critically ill elderly patients and identify those at high nutritional risk who require high protein formula…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation, Elderly
- Trial name
- NCT02374203
- Testing
- high protein enteral nutrition
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
Temperature, Clothing
Measuring Free-living Energy Expenditure Using Direct Calorimetry
Although instruments such as pedometers and heart rate monitors are helpful for those who use exercise to maintain their weight, they do not actually measure calories expended, which is a critical piece of information necessary…
- Conditions
- Temperature, Clothing, Sex, Age
- Trial name
- NCT01454882
- Testing
- Effects of Clothing, Effects of Temperature, Low Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Carbohydrate Ingestion, Fuel Selection
Maple Products and Exercise Performance
The purpose of this study is to compare the acute metabolic responses and time-trial performance following the ingestion of carbohydrate solutions containing either maple syrup, maple sap, corn syrup, a commercial sport drink or…
- Conditions
- Carbohydrate Ingestion, Fuel Selection, Athletic Performance
- Trial name
- NCT02880124
- Testing
- Solution ingestion, Constant load cycling, Expired gas sampling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Obesity
Exercise Training and Fitness in Severe Obesity
Obesity is commonly associated with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, which seem to be linked with an impaired ability to oxidize lipids, particularly in class III obese individuals [Body Mass Index (BMI): > 40 kg*m-2].
- Trial name
- INTFMOBE (NCT02254200)
- Testing
- Fatmax group, HIIT group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Critical Illness
The ICALIC International Multicentric Study
This study will evaluate the ease of use of the new calorimeter (Q-NRG (COSMED, Italy)) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients compared to currently used calorimeters (i.e.
- Trial name
- ICALIC (NCT02796430)
- Testing
- Time needed to start indirect calorimetry measurement, Indirect calorimetry measurement
- Where
- 7 sites in Austria, Belgium and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 272 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Obesity (Disorder)
Mechanisms of Weight Loss: Tirzepatide vs Semaglutide
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if there are differences in the effect of 12 weeks of tirzepatide versus semaglutide on energy balance in adults with obesity and without known diabetes.
- Trial name
- JOULE3 (NCT07900074)
- Testing
- Tirzepatide, Semaglutide
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Effect of Vestibular Stimulation on Fat Consumption and Energy Expenditure as Assessed Using Indirect Calorimetry
There is an ongoing and worsening problem with obesity in the developed, and much of the developing world. Although it has long been realized that Western diets that are rich in sugar and fat play an important role in this, it…
- Trial name
- NCT03138382
- Testing
- Vestibular Nerve Stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
Metabolism and Nutrition in MND
Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive neurological condition that can affect movement, speech, swallowing and breathing. Weight loss and malnutrition are common in people with MND and may be caused by factors including…
- Trial name
- MET-MND (NCT07851714)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Indirect Calorimetry
Using Indirect Calorimetry for Liver Transplants Patients
Although predicted REE calculated using the Penn state 1988 method agreed (ICC 0.61, p=0.00014) with the measured REE, all three predictive equations had a fixed bias and appeared to be inaccurate for predicting REE for liver…
- Trial name
- NCT03622268
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Severe Obesity
Resting Metabolic Rate is a Predictor of Weight Regain?
he increasing prevalence of obesity in developed countries has also reached Brazil in the last two decades. Conventional treatments are not efficient to sustained weight loss and in some cases, weight reduction in individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT04118582
- Testing
- Body composition and resting metabolic rate analisys
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Metabolic Processes
The Effects of Differing Cognitive Task Demands on Whole-body Energy Metabolism and Cerebral Blood-flow: Modulation by Multivitamins/Minerals and Coenzyme Q10
When completing difficult tasks, the brain requires faster delivery of energy sources (oxygen and glucose) via the blood. There is evidence to suggest that some nutritional supplements may increase blood circulation in the brain…
- Trial name
- NCT02381964
- Testing
- Supradyn® (1RDA+CoQ10), Supradyn® (3RDA)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
Chronic Lung Disease
Nutritional Supplementation in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Disease
The aim of this study is to investigate the nutritional status of patients with chronic pulmonary disease undergoing regular outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT06112730
- Testing
- Standard pulmonnary rehabilitation, Nutritional supplementation intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Fu Jen Catholic University
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Free Tissue Flaps
Energy Expenditure Assessment in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated With Free Flap Surgery
What is the purpose of this study? Patients with head and neck cancer who undergo surgery with free flap reconstruction often need careful nutritional support during recovery.
- Conditions
- Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Free Tissue Flaps, Head and Neck Cancer, Perioperative Care
- Trial name
- NCT07759193
- Testing
- Indirect Calorimetry (Diagnostic Test)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Obesity Prevention, Healthy
Validation of Energy Expenditure Measures Study
The energy that the human body burns and the amount of food consumed determine a person's body weight. If food intake covers the amount of energy burned, body weight remains constant - a state known as energy balance.
- Trial name
- ValEE (NCT07155564)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- University of Leipzig
Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation
Metabolic Response to Supine Physiotherapy in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients
Critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation frequently experience rapid loss of muscle mass and physical function during their stay in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation, Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness, Physical Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit
- Trial name
- NCT07361419
- Testing
- Supine Physiotherapy Session
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Extremadura
Post-ICU Patients Fully Enterally Fed
Assessment of Nutrient Absorption in Enterally Fed Post-intensive Care Unit Patients Using Bomb Calorimetry: do the Calories Stick
This study focuses on understanding how well patients who have recovered from an ICU stay absorb nutrients when receiving enteral (tube) feeding.
- Trial name
- STICKY (NCT06923813)
- Testing
- caloric intake measurement, stool sample collection, energy expenditure measurement
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Malnutrition
Improving Nutritional Adequacy of ICU Survivors in a Prospective Interventional Way: the Bright Side Study
The objective is to increase caloric adequacy in patients who survived critical illness and are admitted to the ward by the use of a pro-active inclusive nutritional strategy including supplemental parenteral and/or enteral…
- Trial name
- BrightSide (NCT06023251)
- Testing
- Clinical Nutrition
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Acute Renal Failure, Mechanical Ventilation
Influence of Renal Replacement TherApy on Indirect Calorimetry
Renal replacement therapy may affect carbon dioxide elimination, which may theoretically influence measurement of energy expenditure by means of indirect calorimetry.
- Trial name
- IRATIC (NCT04599569)
- Testing
- indirect calorimetry
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Leipzig
Preterm Infants
Energy Expenditure in Breast and Bottle Feeding Preterm Infants Fed Their Mother's Breast Milk
OBJECTIVE. Neonatologists consider early feeding at the breast to be too tiring for preterm infants, although there is no evidence that this is actually the case.
- Trial name
- NCT00838188
- Testing
- Way of Feeding - Breast feeding vs. Bottle feeding
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center