Clinical trials: Metabolic Improvements
Malnutrition
Livestock for Health Project
Children 5 years and below, and pregnant/lactating women in pastoralist communities suffer a high burden of acute malnutrition. Improving the health and productivity of animals can reduce the risk malnutrition during the dry…
- Trial name
- L4H (NCT04608656)
- Testing
- Provision of livestock feeds, Nutrition counselling
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,734 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
Obesity
Engaging Tribal Policy Makers to Improve the Food and Physical Activity Environments in American Indian Communities
The overall objective of the study is to reduce adult obesity in participating American Indian (AI) communities and to improve understanding of the behavioral and environmental factors affecting obesity in these settings.
- Trial name
- OPREVENT2 (NCT02803853)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 876 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Growth Disorders, Malnutrition
Evaluation of NICHE Programme Activities in Kenya
This study evaluates the impact of additional cash and nutritional counselling on nutrition outcomes in pregnant women and children up to the age of two years in CT-OVC (cash transfer- orphan and vulnerable children) households…
- Trial name
- NCT03518593
- Testing
- Cash and counselling
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kimetrica LLC
Healthy Children, Children
Improvements in Daily Activity and Exercise in School Children: the ActChild Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the health-related effects of an exercise intervention in children aged 5-8 years. Main research questions: Does a municipality-driven exercise intervention improve physical activity…
- Conditions
- Healthy Children, Children, Children in School, Child Health
- Trial name
- ActChild (NCT06791278)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Obesity
Evaluation of a Health at Every Size vs a Behavioral Weight Loss Approach for Obese Women
For over four decades the medical literature has observed a relationship between obesity and poorer health outcomes. The causal mechanisms of these poorer outcomes however are unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT00769717
- Testing
- Wellness-Centered (HUGS), Weight-Centered (LEARN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Exercise for Preventing the Metabolic Syndrome in Latinoamerican Amerindians
Despite exercise training decrease blood fasting glicaemy in 'average' terms, there is a wide inter-individual variability after exercise training explored mainly in adults but not in adults with prediabetes comorbidities.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT03653468
- Testing
- Concurrent training (CT)
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Santo Tomas
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Exercise Training Intensity on Fitness and Insulin Sensitivity in African Americans
African Americans are at a substantially greater type 2 diabetes risk compared to Caucasians; however, very little data are available on the effects of exercise training on type 2 diabetes risk factors in at risk African…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- HI-PACE (NCT02892331)
- Testing
- Moderate intensity exercise training (MOD-INT), High Intensity exercise training (HI-INT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
PCOS, Diet Modification
Low Starch Dietary Education Program vs. Traditional Treatment for PCOS
Compare weight loss and metabolic parameters in patients using a low starch dietary education program vs. traditional treatment (i.e., prescribing metformin, low calorie diet and exercise) for health improvement in women with…
- Conditions
- PCOS, Diet Modification, Metabolism, Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03916263
- Testing
- Metformin, One-On-One Dietary Instruction, Video Dietary Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Overweight
Comparing HICT and MICT for Health Improvements in Overweight Young Adults
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity is becoming a concern worldwide as it is associated with the increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases.
- Trial name
- HiMod Impact (NCT07008326)
- Testing
- High Intensity Circuit Training, Moderate Intensity Continuous Training
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Paleolithic Diets vs T2D and Improvements in the Metabolic Syndrome
This study proposes to evaluate the physiological effects of eating Paleolithic type diet ("hunter-gatherer's diet") on Type 2 diabetic patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00548782
- Testing
- Paleolithic diet, ADA ( American Diabetes Association) recommended diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Metabolic Syndrome, Pre-diabetes
Effect of Pasteurized Akkermansia Muciniphila on Insulin Resistance in Otherwise Healthy Subjects With Dysglycaemia
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of pasteurized Akkermansia muciniphila (pAKK) in improving insulin sensitivity in hyperglycaemic, but otherwise healthy persons with metabolic syndrome.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Pre-diabetes, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05114018
- Testing
- Pasteurized A. muciniphila
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, Ireland
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- A-Mansia Biotech S.A.