Clinical trials: Ingestive Behavior
Breast Feeding, Exclusive
Childhood Risk Reduction Program in Hispanics
Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States, as it increases the risk for various cardiometabolic, pulmonary, and psychosocial complications for children, which often continue into adulthood.
- Trial name
- ECOR-H (NCT03903146)
- Testing
- Early Childhood Obesity Risk-Reduction Program in Hispanics
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ana Maria Linares
Lactation
Recombinant Human Prolactin for Lactation Induction
The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and determine the effects of the hormone prolactin on lactation (breast milk production).
- Trial name
- NCT00181610
- Testing
- Recombinant Human Prolactin, Normal Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Feeding Behavior, Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood
iKanEat: A Randomized-controlled, Multi-center Trial of Megestrol for Chronic Oral Food Refusal in Children
This is a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. The primary focus of the study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment with megestrol as part of a 24 week behavioral feeding…
- Trial name
- iKanEat (NCT03815019)
- Testing
- Megestrol Acetate, iKanEat Behavioral Intervention
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Dietary Habits
The PortionSize Smartphone App Pilot (PS Pilot)
The objective is to examine the preliminary validity, reliability and perceived participant satisfaction of the PortionSize app.
- Trial name
- PS Pilot (NCT04494971)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Feeding Behavior
Somatosensory Modulation of Salivary Gene Expression and Oral Feeding in Preterm Infants
Two innovative approaches, pulsatile orocutaneous entrainment of non-nutritive suck via orosensory entrainment (NTrainer) device technology and serial salivary gene expression analyses, will be merged to examine the relation…
- Trial name
- NCT02696343
- Testing
- NTrainer
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
Breast Feeding, Breast Feeding, Exclusive
Alive & Thrive Evaluation in Burkina Faso
The time between birth and age 24 months provides a unique opportunity to impact the long-term health and development of children through improved infant and young child feeding practices.
- Trial name
- NCT02435524
- Testing
- A&T infant and young child feeding intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 4,541 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Smoking, Cigarette, Breastfeeding
Postpartum Smoking Relapse Prevention by Breastfeeding Promotion
This is a randomized controlled trial to prevent postpartum smoking relapse by breastfeeding promotion. The intervention group (N=30) will receive multicomponent breastfeeding intervention from late pregnancy to 6 months…
- Trial name
- NCT04670822
- Testing
- Breastfeeding promotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Contraception, Breastfeeding
Immediate Postpartum Contraceptive Implant Placement and Breastfeeding Success in Women at Risk for Low Milk Supply: A Non-inferiority Trial
The investigators goal is to measure the impact of timing of postpartum contraceptive implant insertion on breastfeeding success and duration and to explore women's experiences with and attitudes towards contraceptive and…
- Conditions
- Contraception, Breastfeeding, Postpartum Contraception
- Trial name
- NCT02866279
- Testing
- Etonogestrel Contraceptive Implant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Aging
Health, Aging and Later-Life Outcomes
The purpose of this pilot research is to test the feasibility of two interventions focused on either reducing total calorie intake or reducing the total time that calories are ingested each day in older adults.
- Trial name
- HALLO-P (NCT05424042)
- Testing
- In-Person Caloric Restriction, Remote Caloric Restriction, Time-restricted
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Pregnancy, Overweight and Obesity
Diabetes Prevention Program Feasibility Study of Breastfeeding
The purpose of this study is to learn about the impact of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) coupled with intensive breastfeeding support to help overweight or obese pregnant women lose weight postpartum, improve their blood…
- Trial name
- NCT04021602
- Testing
- Diabetes Prevention Program, Breastfeeding Education, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Overweight and Obesity, Eating Behavior
An ACT-Based Physician-Delivered Weight Loss Intervention
The purpose of the present study was to conduct a pilot RCT to test the feasibility of a physician-delivered ACT-based intervention for emotional eaters with overweight/obesity against standard care at a network of weight loss…
- Trial name
- NCT03611829
- Testing
- ACT Intervention, Standard Care
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Diet Habit
Dietary Assessment Study Via Digital Images
The purpose of this investigation is to validate a passive image-assisted dietary assessment method using images taken by Sony Smarteyeglass and an automatic image analysis software, DietCam, to identify food items and estimate…
- Trial name
- NCT03267004
- Testing
- Dietary Assessment of Meal A using images taken by Sony Smarteyeglass, Dietary Assessment of Meal B using Images taken by Sony Smarteyeglass
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lactation Suppressed
Cabergoline for Lactation Inhibition After Early Second-Trimester Abortion or Pregnancy Loss
Breast pain following second-trimester abortion is common. Breast engorgement and milk leakage following second-trimester perinatal loss and abortion can cause both physical pain and emotional distress.
- Trial name
- eLISTA (NCT06029673)
- Testing
- Cabergoline 1 MG
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Feeding Behaviors
Effects of Cyproheptadine on Growth and Behavior in Pediatric Feeding Disorders
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of standard dosing of cyproheptadine for both cycled and continuous administration, as compared to no medication, on appetite stimulation and growth in the pediatric…
- Trial name
- NCT02568007
- Testing
- Cyproheptadine
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Obesity
Effect of Time-restricted Eating on Catecholamine-sensitivity of Adipose Tissue in Obese Adults
In a randomized controlled trial, the investigators intend to measure the health impact of time-restricted eating (TRE) in obese patients (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2), who habitually eat for more than 14 hours every day.
- Trial name
- NCT04916730
- Testing
- Standard of Care, Time Restricted Eating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Breastfeeding
Home Based Peer Support Program for Mothers With Low Breastfeeding Self-efficacy
An online home-based breastfeeding peer support programme is proposed to support mothers who are giving birth to their first-born.
- Trial name
- BFPS (NCT04621266)
- Testing
- Online Home-based peer support
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 442 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Breastfeeding
Home-based Breastfeeding Peer Counselling Programme
A feasibility study is proposed in the current study as women who had given birth to their first babies recruited to a previous project specifically expressed the need for postnatal breastfeeding support from peer counsellors at…
- Trial name
- NCT03705494
- Testing
- Home-based peer counselling (web-based) intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Dietary Habits
Tanglewood to Table: A Walking Farmer's Market Group and Control
This program encourages community members to walk approximately 1 mile to the Whitesburg Farmers Market each Thursday or Saturday.
- Trial name
- NCT03567252
- Testing
- Walking Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 157 people
- Sponsor
- Dawn Brewer
Food Habits
Modifications in the Eating Habits of Adolescents of Secondary Education as a Result of a Nutritional Intervention
The objective of the study was to demonstrate the efficacy of a nutritional intervention based on the Social Cognitive Theory and the Transtheoric Model in the favorable modification of eating habits in adolescents of secondary…
- Trial name
- NCT03206476
- Testing
- Nutritional intervention based on the SCT and the TM, Nutritional information
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gabriela Macedo Ojeda
Influenza
Post-Partum Immunization With Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) or Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (TIV) in Post-Partum Breast Feeding Women
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about the safety of 2 licensed flu vaccines, nasal spray and flu vaccine shot, in mothers and their infants, when given to women who are breastfeeding and to compare the immune…
- Trial name
- NCT01181323
- Testing
- Cold-adapted live attenuated influenza virus vaccine, trivalent, Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)