Clinical trials: Metabolic Risk Factors
Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Autoimmune Diseases
Universal Capillary Screening for Chronic Autoimmune, Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases: Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study.
This study represents a model for a public health program based on a general population screening for the most prevalent chronic metabolic, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases across adulthood, childhood and adolescence.
- Trial name
- UNISCREEN (NCT05841719)
- Testing
- Screening test
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emanuele Bosi
Metabolic Syndrome
Effect of High Cheese Consumption on Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors
The overall aim of the present research project is to examine whether consumption of high daily amounts of cheese, both high-fat and low-fat, affects risk markers of disease in a study population of men and women with metabolic…
- Trial name
- Osterix (NCT02616471)
- Testing
- High-fat cheese, Low-fat cheese, No-cheese/carbohydrate
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Healthy, Overweight and Obesity
Strategies To OPpose Sugars With Non-nutritive Sweeteners Or Water (STOP Sugars NOW) Trial
Health authorities recommend a reduction in added sugars from sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) due to risk of obesity and diabetes. As a sugar-reduction strategy, finding the ideal SSB replacement is of the utmost importance.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Overweight and Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, PreDiabetes
- Trial name
- NCT03543644
- Testing
- Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB), Non-nutritive sweetened beverages (NSB), Water
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Breast Cancer, Obesity
Effects of Mediterranean Diet and Naltrexone/Bupropion Treatment in Obese Breast Cancer Patients
Obesity among breast cancer survivors is known to be associated with recurrence and other co-morbidities. However, there have been no studies on weight reduction program combining diet and anti-obesity drug for obese breast…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT03581630
- Testing
- naltrexone/bupropion, Mediterranean Diet
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gangnam Severance Hospital
Adrenal Gland Hyperfunction, Cardiovascular Disease
Heart Disease Risk Factors in Major Depression
A series of studies in patients with major depression have consistently demonstrated a doubling of the mortality rate at any age, independent of suicide.
- Conditions
- Adrenal Gland Hyperfunction, Cardiovascular Disease, Involutional Depression
- Trial name
- NCT00001969
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Lipemia
Postprandial Monocyte Maturation and Vascular Dysfunction Following High-Fat Meals - Study 1
The purpose of this research study is to examine the effect of high-fat meals on the health of blood vessels. In addition, the study will examine how exercise/fitness/physical activity impacts blood vessels after consumption of a…
- Trial name
- NCT03958734
- Testing
- High-fat meal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
RESILIENCE: Personalizing Cardiovascular Health
Obesity is a rapidly growing epidemic that is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, some individuals with obesity appear to be resistant to CVD, and other individuals demonstrate resilience to…
- Trial name
- RESILIENCE (NCT04551872)
- Testing
- Digital weight loss intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 598 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Risk Factor, Cardiovascular, Physical Activity
Exercise Effects on Appetite-regulating Hormones and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of a single bout of moderate exercise, standardized breakfast and buffet meal on appetite-related hormones, type two diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors with a comparison…
- Conditions
- Risk Factor, Cardiovascular, Physical Activity, Pre-diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT03698786
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kingston University
Celiac Disease
Coeliac Disease in Spain: Determination of Disease Prevalence and Risk Factors
Previous studies have showed that Coeliac Disease (CD) prevalence is significantly higher in children compared with adults. The largest epidemiologic study carried out in Spain to date (n=4230) reported a higher CD prevalence in…
- Trial name
- NCT05094232
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 4,826 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
Tianjin Gestational Diabetes Prevention Program (TGDPP)
A total of 1,180 women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) from 2005 to 2009 and their children have and continues to be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group.
- Trial name
- GDM (NCT01554358)
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,526 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Women and Children's Health Center
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
Identification of Early Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Normal-weight Obesity
The purpose of this study is to identify early cardiovascular disease risk factors in those with "normal-weight obesity" (i.e., normal body, but high body fat percentage) that better track with their long-term cardiovascular…
- Trial name
- NCT05008952
- Testing
- High-fat shake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Obesity, Life Style, Healthy
LiPO Teen (the Lifestyle in Pregnancy and Offspring Teenagers
The study is a follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) performed in 2007-10 - the "Lifestyle in Pregnancy" LiP study. The LiP study included 360 pregnant women with BMI ≥30 kg/m2 from Odense University Hospital and…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Life Style, Healthy, Follow-up, Gestational Weight Gain
- Trial name
- NCT05774652
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention Dietary advise and/or advise on physical activity
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Effects of Exercise on Abdominal Obesity and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
The investigators will randomize abdominally obese men and women at increased health risk to one of the following 4 conditions: 1) No-exercise, wait list controls (C), 2) Low volume, low intensity exercise (LVLI), 3) High volume…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00955071
- Testing
- Exercise: LVLI, Exercise: HVLI, Exercise: LVHI
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Weight Loss
Evaluation of Efficacy of a Cashew Apple Extract on Weight Management and Associated Metabolic Risk Factors in Overweight/Obese Volunteers
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of a cashew apple extract on weight management and associated metabolic risk factors in overweight/obese volunteers, versus placebo, after 12 weeks of treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT02493140
- Testing
- Cashew apple extract (Cashewin)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dialpha
Type 2 Diabetes, Prediabetes (Insulin Resistance, Impaired Glucose Tolerance)
Effects of Different Fish Oil Types on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors in High-Risk Adults
The purpose of this clinical trial is to find out whether one type of fish oil works better than another at improving metabolic health in people who are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes, Prediabetes (Insulin Resistance, Impaired Glucose Tolerance), Prediabetes / Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity & Overweight
- Trial name
- END-T2D (NCT07575438)
- Testing
- Fish Oil, Corn oil control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- May Faraj, PDt, PhD
Hypercholesterolemia
A Comparison of the Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Korean and American Dietary Profiles
The primary aim of this study is to compare, in a group of at-risk individuals, the role of three dietary patterns on indices of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk: a) the recommended Korean pattern; b) the typical American diet…
- Trial name
- NCT01617525
- Testing
- Controlled Feeding Dietary Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Healthy Volunteers
Multi-cycle Prolon Diet
Evidence from bio-gerontology research from our laboratory and others have showed that short-term fasting/starvation (STS) can improve the efficacy of chemotherapy by protecting normal cells and tissues and potentially…
- Trial name
- NCT02158897
- Testing
- Prolon diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
PCOS
Exogenous Ketone Supplementation in Females with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 1 in 5 females of reproductive age. Commonly characterized as a disorder of infertility, PCOS is often accompanied by 3 potent cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors: insulin…
- Trial name
- NCT06155708
- Testing
- Ketone, Water
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University