Clinical trials: Normal-weight Obesity
Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Cardiovascular Diseases
Effects of Breaking up Prolonged Sitting on Postprandial Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Markers in South Asian Adults
The purpose of this study is to examine whether breaking up prolonged sitting with short regular bouts of walking can reduce blood sugar and cholesterol levels after eating, which are risk markers for Type 2 diabetes and heart…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT03898206
- Testing
- Breaking up sitting with walking breaks (INT-SIT), Prolonged sitting (SIT)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bedfordshire
Heart Failure, Diastolic, Obesity
Exercise Intolerance in Elderly Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of weight loss via hypocaloric diet, aerobic exercise training, combined hypocaloric diet and exercise training, and attention control in patients with heart failure and a…
- Trial name
- SECRET (NCT00959660)
- Testing
- Exercise, Dietary Intervention, Diet and exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Psoriasis, Metabolic Syndrome
Effects of TNF-alpha Antagonism (Etanercept) in Patients With the Metabolic Syndrome and Psoriasis
People with psoriasis have significantly higher rates of obesity, diabetes, heart failure and high blood pressure than the general public.
- Conditions
- Psoriasis, Metabolic Syndrome, Hyperlipidemia, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00477191
- Testing
- Etanercept
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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
Morbid Obesity, Postoperative Pain
Patients-Controlled Epidural Analgesia After Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity Using Morphine-Levobupivacaine Regimens
Adequate postoperative analgesia can facilitate recovery following gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity. The efficacy and safety of intravenous patient - controlled analgesia has been studied, but up to date no data are…
- Conditions
- Morbid Obesity, Postoperative Pain, Postoperative Bowel Function, Postoperative Ambulation
- Trial name
- NCT01249872
- Testing
- GROUP A : 0 mg MORPHINE-0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE, GROUP B : 1 mg MORPHINE- 0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE, GROUP C : 2 mg MORPHINE-0.1% LEVOBUPIVACAINE
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- University of Patras
Breast Cancer, Arthralgia
Loss of Grip Strength, BMI, and Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Breast Cancer
Early stage hormone receptor positive breast cancer is typically treated with adjuvant endocrine therapy in order to decrease risk of breast cancer recurrence and to improve overall survival from the disease.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Arthralgia, Obesity
- Trial name
- LOGRIBMET (NCT01896050)
- Testing
- anastrozole, letrozole, exemestane, Tamoxifen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
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
Diabetes Mellitus
Adjunctive Metformin Therapy in Double Diabetes
The significance of this project is to investigate the effects of adjunctive metformin therapy in children and adolescents with double diabetes.
- Trial name
- AMTIDD (NCT01334125)
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
HIV Infections, Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise and Pioglitazone for HIV-Metabolic Syndromes
The purpose is to examine the safety and efficacy of 16wks of pioglitazone (Actos; 30mg/d) with and without aerobic and strength exercise training for reducing glucose intolerance and central adiposity in HIV-infected people.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, HIV
- Trial name
- NCT00639457
- Testing
- Pioglitazone, Exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Cesarean Delivery, Wound Infection
Serum and Tissue Cefazolin Concentrations in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery
Patients undergoing Cesarean delivery (C-Section) with a body mass index of 35 or greater (this BMI number is in the obese range) will be given either 2 grams or 4 grams of an antibiotic before surgery.
- Conditions
- Cesarean Delivery, Wound Infection, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01755026
- Testing
- cefazolin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Stitely
Breast Cancer, Obesity
Self-monitoring Activity: a Randomized Trial of Game-oriented Applications
The purpose of this study is to compare an enhanced intervention that includes narrative and game components to a standard intervention that only targets self-monitoring.
- Trial name
- SMARTGOAL (NCT02341235)
- Testing
- Game intervention, Standard intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Obesity
Microvascular Flow Assessment Repeatability Study: The MARS Study
The purpose of this study is to test a method of imaging (taking a picture) of the abdomen (belly), neck, thigh and calf (lower leg) areas of the body, using ultrasound along with a drug which makes the pictures look clearer.
- Trial name
- MARS (NCT01242020)
- Testing
- Perflutren Lipid Microsphere Injectable Suspension
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Breast Cancer, Overweight or Obesity
Adaptive Nutrition and Exercise Weight Loss (A-NEW) Study
This is a single arm phase II study designed to determine the effects of pharmacotherapy and a remote behavioral weight loss intervention on weight loss in breast cancer survivors who are overweight or obese, and the impact of…
- Trial name
- A-NEW (NCT04499950)
- Testing
- Contrave, Behavioral Weight Loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Healthy, Obese
Exercise Regulation of Human Adipose Tissue
The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise training leads to changes in the white adipose tissue that are beneficial to the body's regulation of sugar and body weight.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Obese, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- NCT03133156
- Testing
- Exercise Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joslin Diabetes Center
Obesity
Effects of b3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists on Brown Adipose Tissue
This study will test the hypothesis that human brown adipose tissue (BAT) can be activated using a β3-adrenergic receptor (AR) agonist.
- Trial name
- NCT01783470
- Testing
- beta3-adrenergic receptor agonist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aaron Cypess
Obesity
Beige Fat, Energy, and the Natriuretic Peptide System
Obese individuals experience an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Evidence from genetic studies indicate that the natriuretic peptide (NP) system may protect against these diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT04357964
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pharmacokinetics
Comparison of Serum Contraceptive Hormone Levels Between Normal Weight and Obese Users of the NuvaRing®
There are over 60 million women of reproductive age in the U.S. and a majority of these women qualify as overweight or obese. Evidence suggests that there is an association between increased body weight and decreased…
- Trial name
- NCT00710606
- Testing
- NuvaRing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Feasibility and Acceptability of the TOPS Program, Obesity
TOPS for African American Breast Cancer Survivors
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, dietary, weight loss, and physical activity have been linked with clinically significant weight loss; decreased risk of death; reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence; fewer cardiovascular…
- Conditions
- Feasibility and Acceptability of the TOPS Program, Obesity, Breast Cancer, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- NCT04741802
- Testing
- TOPS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Hypertension, Abdominal Obesity
Effects of Aliskiren and Amlodipine on the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) and Lipid/Carbohydrate Metabolism in Obese Patients With Hypertension
Part 1 determined: aliskiren, amlodipine and angiotensin II concentrations in interstitial fluid of fat and skeletal muscle; aliskiren and angiotensin II concentrations, and renin activity and concentration in fat and skeletal…
- Trial name
- NCT00498433
- Testing
- Aliskiren, Amlodipine
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Heart Failure, Obesity
Fatty Acid Radiotracer Comparison Study in Heart Failure Patients
A single center, open-label baseline controlled imaging study to designed to assess whether Positron Emission Tomography (PET) measurements of myocardial Fatty Acid (FA) metabolism performed with [18F]FluorbetaOx correlates with…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Health Normal Volunteer Subjects
- Trial name
- NCT01648296
- Testing
- [18F]FluorbetaOx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine