Clinical trials: Ingestive Behavior
Obesity, Childhood, Feeding Behavior
Family Empowerment for Enhanced Development
This study evaluates the feasibility and preliminary effects of offering the Mealtime PREP intervention to low-income families with young children.
- Trial name
- Project FEED (NCT03641716)
- Testing
- Mealtime PREP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Dietary Habits
PortionSize Study 2 Free-Living Evaluation
The objective is to test the accuracy of the PortionSize™ app and the MyFitnessPal© app at measuring energy and nutrient intake in free-living conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05166226
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
The Pitt Retiree Study: A Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare Eligible Older Adults
The Pitt Retiree Study (PRS) disseminates a novel, yet practical, diabetes prevention program among Medicare eligible adults in Western Pennsylvania.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Eating Behavior, Diet Modification
- Trial name
- PRS (NCT03192475)
- Testing
- GLB plus phone contacts, GLB plus newsletter contacts
- Volunteers
- 322 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Obesity
Encouraging Healthy Food Shopping and Eating Behaviors by Price Reduction: A Community Supermarket Study
The investigators plan to test the effect of price reduction of fruits and vegetables and non-caloric beverages on food purchasing, food intake, body weight, and body composition of primarily single adult shoppers.
- Trial name
- NCT01509664
- Testing
- Discount intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Obesity and Nutrition Research Center
Obesity
Studying the Effects of Phentermine on Eating Behavior
The goal of this study is to determine whether one week of phentermine compared to placebo administration results in changes in food intake during a laboratory meal.
- Trial name
- NCT01886937
- Testing
- Phentermine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Human Milk Microbiome, Bacterial Growth
Milk in Life Conditions (MiLC): Bacterial Composition of Human Milk Pumped and Stored in "Real-Life" Conditions
The MiLC trial is a randomized control trial of two different breast pump set-ups: mother's own and sterile. The objective of this trial is to investigate the bacterial composition of human milk pumped and stored in "real-life"…
- Trial name
- MiLC (NCT03123874)
- Testing
- Sterile pump set-up, Mother's Own pump set-up
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Breast Feeding
A Mobile, Semi-automated Text Message-based Intervention to Prevent Perceived Low or Insufficient Milk Supply
The purpose of this pilot randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of a mobile, semi-automated text message-based intervention (MILK) to prevent perceived low or insufficient milk supply…
- Trial name
- MILK (NCT02724969)
- Testing
- MILK or Text4Baby text message intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Smoking, Cigarette, Breastfeeding
Lung and Breast Cancer Prevention by an Integrated Intervention of Maternal Smoking Cessation and Breastfeeding
This pilot clinical trial aims to integrate maternal smoking cessation and breastfeeding interventions to enhance both cancer prevention behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT05123118
- Testing
- Integrated intervention of smoking cessation and breastfeeding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiaozhong Wen
Food Preferences
Preventing Non-communicable Diseases in Guatemala Through Sugary Drink Reduction
Sugar-sweetened beverages are a significant contributor to adult and childhood obesity in Guatemala. Policies to place health warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages are being pursued, but there is little empirical data on…
- Trial name
- NCT04022694
- Testing
- Exposure to beverage health information, Exposure to beverage calorie information
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 628 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity
First Heroes: Engaging Fathers in the First 1000 Days
The First Heroes study plans to influence weight and health trajectories, modify disease risk, and improve health care services for mother-father-infant triads from racial/ethnic minority and health disparity populations.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity, Social Determinants of Health, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- First Heroes (NCT04477577)
- Testing
- New Parent Intervention, Safety Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 657 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Retention
Oral Health Literacy and Oral Education
This is study aims to evaluate the retention of information on oral health and eating habits in children under two years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT02436811
- Testing
- Written form instruction, Standardized oral instruction, Control
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
Food Preferences, Obesity
Online Food and Beverage Labels and Vending Machine Selections
The aim of this study is to compare the impact of 5 different types of front of package (FOP) food and beverage labels: 1) calorie labels [control], 2) green labels on healthy foods, 3) red/yellow/green labels on less…
- Conditions
- Food Preferences, Obesity, Weight Gain
- Trial name
- VLO (NCT05432271)
- Testing
- Exposure to calorie information, Exposure to healthy labels only, Exposure to healthiness information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8,145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Healthy
To Evaluate the Food Effect on Relative Bioavailability of RP6530 in Healthy Volunteers
This is a single centre, open label, randomized, two-treatment, two-period, two-sequence, single dose crossover food effect study in 18 subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT02690727
- Testing
- RP6530
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA
Multiple Sclerosis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome
A Study Evaluating B Cell Levels In Infants Of Lactating Women With CIS Or MS Receiving Ocrelizumab
This study will evaluate the pharmacokinetics of ocrelizumab in the breastmilk of lactating women with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) or multiple sclerosis (MS) [in line with the locally approved indications] treated with…
- Trial name
- SOPRANINO (NCT04998851)
- Testing
- Ocrelizumab
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Spain and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Intrauterine Devices
Study on Medical Records of Women Using an Intrauterine Device (IUD) to Analyze the Risks That the IUD Will be Expelled or Perforates the Womb in Relation to Breastfeeding, the Point in Time When the IUD Was Inserted After Childbirth and in Relation to Different Types of IUDs
Study to analyze electronic medical records of women using an intrauterine device (IUD). The study was required by the FDA for the marketed IUD Mirena (US Post-marketing requirement; short name of study: APEX IUD).
- Trial name
- APEX IUD (NCT03754556)
- Testing
- Intrauterine device
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 326,658 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Pre-diabetes, Breast Cancer
Time Restricted Eating on Cancer Risk
Participants will be randomly assigned to either the time restricted feeding group with a daily eating period of 8 hours or the control group with a daily eating period of greater than or equal to 12 hours.
- Conditions
- Pre-diabetes, Breast Cancer, Time Restricted Feeding
- Trial name
- TREC (NCT05038137)
- Testing
- Time restricted feeding, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Food Preferences, Food Habits
Implementation of Innovative Food Prescription Programs in Older Adults
In the USA, about 10% of grown-ups have a hard time finding healthy food, like fruits and vegetables. It's even harder for older grown-ups who might be sick and find it tricky to move around, which makes it tough to get healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT06324630
- Testing
- Produce Prescription Delivery, Healthy Meal Kit Delivery, Produce Prescription Mobile Market
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University at Buffalo
Overweight
Time to Eat Study - Pilot
The goals of this pilot study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of time restricted feeding in an older adult population.
- Trial name
- NCT03590847
- Testing
- Intermittent Fasting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Time Restricted Feeding
Time Restricted Eating Pilot - Bariatrics
Bariatric surgery patients have a variable course of weight loss, maintenance and regain. Time restricted eating is an approach that may help individuals lose weight and improve metabolic functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT04006366
- Testing
- Time restricted feeding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Healthy Volunteers
Food Intake Response to Short-Term Modifications of Metabolism in Humans
One reason people gain weight is eating more calories from food than what they need for energy over 24 hours. Metabolism is the amount of energy a person uses over 24 hours.
- Trial name
- NCT02939404
- Testing
- Cold exposure, Normal temperature, Fixed diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)