Clinical trials: Ingestive Behavior
Long Covid19, Long COVID
Intermittent Fasting and a No-Sugar Diet for Long COVID Symptoms
This cross-over study will assess a no added sugar diet, a restricted daily eating window, and one or two full day water fasts to determine if there is an effect on self-reported symptoms of Long Covid (PASC).
- Trial name
- NCT06214455
- Testing
- Low sugar diet and 10-12 hour eating window, Low sugar diet, 8 hour eating window and fasting
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Atherosclerosis, Diabetes
Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nicotinamide Riboside on Immunity
Background: The immune system controls how the body responds to infection or injury. Researchers want to see what effect a dietary supplement called nicotinamide riboside (NR) has on the immune system.
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Diabetes, Coronary Artery Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02812238
- Testing
- Nicotinamide riboside (NR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Exclusive Breast Feeding
Comparison of Breast Feeding Counseling and Video Demonstration on Exclusive Breast Feeding Rates at 6 Weeks
The investigators hypothesize that counseling of mothers will increase exclusive breast feeding rates at six weeks postnatal age.
- Trial name
- NCT00983489
- Testing
- video demonstration, counselling
- Volunteers
- 1,411 people
- Sponsor
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital
Diet Habit
Impact of Behavioral Economic Strategies on Low-Income Older Adults' Food Choices in Online Retail Settings
The specific aims of this proposal are to 1) develop the components of a behavioral economics strategy (i.e., healthy bundle defaults) to influence diet behaviors; 2) characterize the online grocery shopping behaviors and…
- Trial name
- NCT04766034
- Testing
- Simulated Grocery Shopping Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,710 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Pregnancy Related, Burnout, Professional
The 4th Trimester Initiative: The Impact of Parental Support on Pregnant Trainee Wellbeing
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the impact of a parental support package for new trainee mothers which focuses on mentorship, lactation, and sleep, and access to perinatal care.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Burnout, Professional, Wellness, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06014892
- Testing
- Snoo smart bassinet, Willow wearable breast pump, Maven Clinic on-demand perinatal consultation
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Lactation
Effect of Fenugreek on Milk Production
Each year, approximately 3 million mothers in the USA alone leave the hospital breastfeeding an infant. However, a large number discontinue breastfeeding, because milk synthesis is poor or simply stops.
- Trial name
- fenugreek (NCT00851591)
- Testing
- fenugreek
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Time Restricted Eating
Cerebromicrovascular Effects of Time-Restricted Eating in Older Adults
The central hypothesis of this study is that closer adherence to time restricted eating (TRE) will improve endothelial function, neurovascular (NVC) responses, resulting in improved cognitive performance, potentially through…
- Trial name
- NCT05488652
- Testing
- Time restricted eating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Prematurity; Extreme, Feeding Disorder Neonatal
Early Protein Supplementation in Extremely Preterm Infants Fed Human Milk
The central hypothesis of this clinical trial is that, in extremely preterm infants, protein-enriched human milk diets compared to usual human milk diets during the first 2 weeks after birth increase fat-free mass (FFM)-for-age Z…
- Conditions
- Prematurity; Extreme, Feeding Disorder Neonatal, Breast Milk Expression, Growth Failure
- Trial name
- NCT04325308
- Testing
- Protein-enriched human milk diet, Usual human milk diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nutrition, Food Selection
Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels
The goal of this study is to determine whether certain front-of-package food labeling systems improve the healthfulness of consumers' grocery selections.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Food Selection, Food Preferences, Dietary Habits
- Trial name
- NCT06516627
- Testing
- Positive Labels, Spectrum Labels, FDA High In Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,002 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Contraception, Postpartum Depression
Timing of Postpartum Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Administration on Breastfeeding, Contraceptive Continuation, and Depression
The investigators plan to enroll 184 women who are planning to breastfeed and use DMPA after delivery to find out whether the timing of postpartum administration of DMPA (prior to hospital discharge or 4-6 weeks after delivery)…
- Conditions
- Contraception, Postpartum Depression, Lactation
- Trial name
- DEPO-ABCD (NCT01463202)
- Testing
- Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beatrice Chen
Breastfeeding, Weight Loss
Breastfeeding Support and Weight Management for Black Women
This study, in African American mothers in Detroit, will test an intervention that combines home visiting by experienced peer counselors with a smart phone-based weight control program.
- Trial name
- MamaBear (NCT03480048)
- Testing
- Breastfeeding and weight loss support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Feeding Behavior
Effect of Varying Proportions of Low and High Energy Dense Foods Over 5 Days in Preschool Children
In this study, the investigators will vary the proportions of high- and low-energy-dense foods served to preschool children at all meals and snacks during three 5-day periods.
- Trial name
- NCT03242863
- Testing
- Food proportionality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Postpartum Period
Involving Men in Maternity Care in Burkina Faso
The uptake of postpartum contraception, postpartum care attendance and the practice of exclusive breastfeeding are low in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT02309489
- Testing
- Partner involvement
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dietary Behavior
Toddler Tastes Study
The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of two food preference learning approaches for toddlers that could serve as alternatives to mere repeated exposure to new or previously disliked foods.
- Trial name
- TTS (NCT06877468)
- Testing
- Associative conditioning, Modeling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Pain, Acute
Promoting Self-Management of Breast and Nipple Pain With Technology (PROMPT) for Breastfeeding Women Study
Every year, 1 million women cease breastfeeding (BF) before 6 months, the minimum time required for optimal maternal and infant health, development, and well-being.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Pain, Acute, Maternal Distress, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- PROMPT (NCT05262920)
- Testing
- The BSM Intervention, Attention Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Dietary Habits
Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Health Warnings
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) like sodas, sports drinks, and fruit drinks remains a pressing public health concern in the United States.
- Trial name
- NCT03511937
- Testing
- Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Health Warning Label, Neutral Label
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
HIV Infections
Evaluating Strategies to Reduce Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Infection in Resource-Limited Countries
The purpose of this study was to examine, in an integrated and comprehensive fashion, three critical questions currently facing HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women and their infants: 1.
- Trial name
- PROMISE (NCT01061151)
- Testing
- Zidovudine (ZDV), Nevirapine (NVP): Antepartum Mothers, Emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Truvada [TRV]) tail
- Where
- 14 sites in India, Malawi and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 3,747 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Gastric Cancer, Dumping Syndrome
Gastrectomy, Eating Behaviour and GLP-1
Patients who have undergone gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) to treat or prevent cancer are known to have a significantly reduced quality of life. To date, there is very little information on the physiological causes of this.
- Trial name
- NCT02971631
- Testing
- Exendin 9-39
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dietary Habits
Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence-Assisted, Image-Based Dietary Assessment Tool in the Framingham Heart Study
Assessment of dietary intake in large, free-living populations is inherently challenging due to the complex nature of human diet.
- Trial name
- NCT06455111
- Testing
- Keenoa, ASA24
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Development
Sensitive Periods in Human Flavor Learning
The goals of the proposed research are to specify the timing and consequences of the sensitive period for flavor learning in infants who are being breastfed or formula fed.
- Trial name
- NCT01667549
- Testing
- Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center