Clinical trials: Normal-weight Obesity
Obesity, Inflammation
Gene Expression and Inflammation in Overweight Subjects
This study will look at gene expression (whether particular sets of genes are activated ["turned on"] or deactivated ["turned off"]) in overweight people as compared to non-overweight individuals.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Inflammation, Nutrition Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT00344266
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Normal-weight Obesity
The Interaction of Body Composition, Sex Hormones and Exercise in Men
The overall objective of this project is to advance understanding of the causes of normal weight obesity (NWO) in men, namely the hormone profile and related potential mediating mechanisms, and the efficacy of different modes of…
- Trial name
- AHA-NWO (NCT06970457)
- Testing
- Resistance Exercise Training, Aerobic Exercise Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Menopause, Obesity
Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women
The physiological relevance of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in humans is largely unknown. The investigators have shown that suppressing ovarian function in premenopausal women reduces resting energy expenditure (REE), and this is…
- Trial name
- NCT02927392
- Testing
- Leuprolide acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Emergencies, Anesthesia
Comparison of Three Pre-oxygenation Strategies
Study objective: Comparing the efficacy of three different preoxygenation strategies, i.e. non-rebreather face mask (NRM), bag-valve-mask (BVM) with and BVM without additional positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in three…
- Trial name
- NCT06370689
- Testing
- Preoxygenation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine
Overweight and Obesity, Insulin Sensitivity
Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Lead to a Sustained Increase in Insulin Sensitivity?
In a recent series of studies performed by our group, we have shown that exposure to hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) leads to an increase in insulin sensitivity in male subjects and that this improvement can be measured in all men, not…
- Trial name
- HOTAIR3 (NCT02136615)
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Adelaide
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
An Exercise RCT Targeting African-American Women With Metabolic Syndrome and High Risk for Breast Cancer
Among African-American women, in whom metabolic syndrome (MetS) is very prevalent and breast cancer mortality rates are high, it is hypothesized that intervening on MetS to improve the MetS profile may prove to be a means to…
- Trial name
- NCT02103140
- Testing
- Facility-based Exercise, Home-based Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 213 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Breast Cancer, Obesity
Exergaming Intervention and Breast Cancer Biomarkers in Black Women
Overview: This is a 6 month, two-arm randomized clinical trial using comparing exergaming to a control group. The investigators will randomize Black sedentary overweight/obese women to Wii Fit exercise (n=50) or the control arm…
- Trial name
- POWER (NCT02152462)
- Testing
- Exergaming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
Evidence-based Laboratory Test Order Sets in Primary Care
Cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate what the effect is of evidence-based order sets aimed at five indications on the appropriateness of laboratory test ordering in primary care.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT02950142
- Testing
- CPOE with order sets for lab testing, CPOE without order sets for lab testing
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Obesity
Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of Brown Fat: Healthy Adult Volunteer Pilot Study
The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of detecting Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) in healthy subjects by using hyperpolarized xenon gas MRI.
- Trial name
- NCT02220426
- Testing
- Xenon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis
GOTHA - The Early Arthritis and Psoriasis Study of Region Västra Götaland, Sweden
GÖTHA- The early arthritis and psoriasis study of Region Västra Götaland, Sweden - is a longitudinal observational study, which will prospectively and in parallel follow patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA…
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Arthritis, Psoriasis
- Trial name
- GOTHA (NCT04190758)
- Testing
- Care as usual
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 5,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vastra Gotaland Region
Obesity, Visceral Obesity
Nutrition and Energy Restriction for Cancer Prevention
This study evaluates the effect of intermittent calorie restriction versus continued calorie restriction on weight loss, gene expression profile of subcutaneous adipose tissue and abdominal fat distribution.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Visceral Obesity, Weight Loss, Metabolic Diseases
- Trial name
- HELENA (NCT02449148)
- Testing
- Calorie Restriction
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- German Cancer Research Center
Adiposity, Metabolic Complication
Insight Into New Brown Adipose Tissue Activators.
The general purpose of the study was to provide new information about the role of macronutrients intake, metabolomics, proteomics and microRNA on BAT activation.
- Conditions
- Adiposity, Metabolic Complication, Metabolic Disturbance, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT04787952
- Testing
- cold expossure
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Bialystok
Healthy
A Study in Healthy Men to Test How BI 456906 is Processed in the Body
This trial is intended to examine the basic pharmacokinetics of BI 456906 and total [14C]-radioactivity, including mass balance, excretion pathways and metabolism following a single subcutaneous (SC) dose of BI 456906 (C-14) in…
- Trial name
- NCT05421338
- Testing
- BI 456906 (C-14)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Obesity, Diabetes
A Role for Brown Adipose Tissue in Postprandial Thermogenesis?
Brown adipose (fat) tissue (BAT) is a type of fat tissue found in certain small rodents and human babies that is capable of extremely high rates of energy burning.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01974778
- Testing
- Meal
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bayside Health
Sleep Disorder, Body Fat Distribution
Relationship Between Normal-weight Central Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Comparison of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), measured by polysomnography in normal weight patients with central obesity by body mass index (BMI) and waist hip ratio (WHR), with normal weight patients without…
- Trial name
- NCT04061226
- Testing
- Overnight polysomnography
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
Obesity
Cross Calibration of Two Dual Energy Densitometers and Comparison of Regional Adipose Tissue Measurements by iDXA and MRI
Background: It is important for doctors to know how much fat a person has in his or her body. Machines called DXAs measure how much fat mass and fat-free mass a person has.
- Trial name
- NCT02346474
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Obesity
Fasting Mimicking Diet and Beige/Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans
Obesity today has become one of the main public health concerns. As a consequence, different strategies have arisen to fight weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT04385615
- Testing
- Fasting Mimicking Diet
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Overweight and Obesity
A Research Study of How NNC0174-0833 Behaves in Chinese Volunteers Who Are Normal Weight, Overweight or With Obesity
The aim of this study is to look at how the study medicine behaves in participants body and how it is removed from their body. The study compares three different doses of the study medicine in Chinese healthy men.
- Trial name
- NCT05254158
- Testing
- NNC0174 0833
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novo Nordisk A/S
Pain, Obesity, Childhood
Sumamos Excelencia Project: Implementation of Best Practices in Clinical Practice (Thrid Edition)
There is a gap between research and clinical practice, leading to variability in decision-making. Multifaceted implementation strategies are for improving implementation of best practices.
- Conditions
- Pain, Obesity, Childhood, Breast Feeding, Incontinence, Urinary
- Trial name
- SE24 (NCT06522529)
- Testing
- Multifaceted implementation strategy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Psoriasis, Arthritic Psoriasis
Evaluation of Adipokines and Fat Tissue in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Body composition analysis and especially body fat distribution in regions of interest (android and in particular intra-abdominal region) provides some information on the risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Trial name
- ADIPSO (NCT02849795)
- Testing
- bone densitometry, questionnaires, biological analyses
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon