Clinical trials: Metabolic Syndrome X
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
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Tetranectin as a Novel Obesity-associated Adipokine for Regulating Lipid Accumulation
Adipose tissue is strongly correlated to obesity and diabetes which are two major problems in the worldwide. Adipose tissue is involved in modulating glucose and energy metabolism locally and systemically by secreting factors…
- Trial name
- NCT03229044
- Testing
- Tetranectin
- Volunteers
- 289 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Glucose Metabolism Disorder
Study of the Reversibility of Glucose Intolerance Caused by Chronic Aspartame Consumption
Experiments have shown that some artificial sweeteners like those in diet soda can cause changes in how the body responds to and uses sugar.
- Trial name
- NCT02520258
- Testing
- Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), Diet soda containing aspartame only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rockefeller University
Depressive Symptoms, Allostatic Load
Rise & Thrive: Community-Engagement Intervention for Stress and Depression in Youth.
American youth and young adults face persistent and chronic stressors, which have contributed to a mental health crisis in the United States.
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Allostatic Load, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- R&T (NCT07554326)
- Testing
- Rise Together: Community Engagement Intervention, Adulting 101: Life Skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Prediabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
Family-Centered Diabetes Project - Sharing Wisdom
This is a randomized trial of an educational intervention to reduce the risk of diabetes among urban American Indian women
- Conditions
- Prediabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00438126
- Testing
- A lifestyle educational program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Glucose Intolerance, Hyperinsulinemia
Health Effects of Liposuction in Overweight Women With Elevated Insulin Levels, Impaired Glucose Tolerance and/or Type 2 Diabetes
This study is for women who have already decided to undergo liposuction at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
- Conditions
- Glucose Intolerance, Hyperinsulinemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Non Insulin Dependent, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00005760
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Diet Habit, Nutritional and Metabolic Disease
The Danish National Survey of Diet and Physical Activity 2021-2024
The Danish National Survey of Diet and Physical Activity (DANSDA) 2021-23 is a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of dietary and physical activity habits of 4-80 year-old Danes, and is carried out at the National…
- Conditions
- Diet Habit, Nutritional and Metabolic Disease, Lifestyle
- Trial name
- DANSDA (NCT04314882)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 4,224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Denmark
Metabolic Syndrome, Impaired Glucose Tolerance
The Health Effect of Diet Rich in Nordic Berries
Dietary polyphenols might have beneficial effects on glucose and lipid metabolism based on the studies made in animals or cell cultures.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Low-grade Inflammation, Dyslipidemia
- Trial name
- Berry (NCT01414647)
- Testing
- 300 g of strawberry, raspberry and cloudberry, 400 g of bilberry, Control diet
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marjukka Kolehmainen
Thyroid Cancer
Relationship of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components With Thyroid Cancer
The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between metabolic syndrome (MS), body mass index (BMI), hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension and thyroid cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT03006289
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lin Liao
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Benzoates - an Obesogenic Endocrine Disrupting Chemical
The benzoic acid derivatives sodium and potassium benzoate are preservatives that are commonly added to food and beverages to inhibit microbial growth and prevent spoilage.
- Trial name
- NCT03190785
- Testing
- Benzoic acid washout and exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Metabolic Syndrome
The Impact of Free Fatty Acid Reduction on Vascular Function in the Metabolic Syndrome
This study will test the hypothesis that reducing the release of free fatty acids (FFA) from fat cells will restore insulin-mediated, endothelium-dependent vasodilation in people with the metabolic syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT00759291
- Testing
- acipimox
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes
Bed Rest, Alternate Daily Fasting and Incretin Effect
Bed rest produces insulin resistance in healthy volunteers. In this study the investigators aim to investigate the effect of 8 days bed rest on the incretin effect and how alternate daily fasting affects cognitive function and…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT02134860
- Testing
- Bed rest, OGTT, IVGTT
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Coronary Heart Disease, Type-2 Diabetes
Effects of Milk Derived From Mountain-pasture Grazing Cows on Risk Markers of the Metabolic Syndrome Compared to Conventional Danish Milk
To investigate the effect of milk delivered from mountain-pasture grazing cows on risk markers of the metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes with the effect of conventional Danish milk.
- Trial name
- NCT01343589
- Testing
- milk fat
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
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