Clinical trials: Nutrition Disorder, Child
Breast Feeding, Infant Nutrition
Feeding My Baby - A National WIC Study
The goal of the study is to be a current examination of infant and toddler feeding practices among families receiving WIC services.
- Conditions
- Breast Feeding, Infant Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Infant Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT02031978
- Volunteers
- 4,367 people
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
Effect of Low Carbohydrate Versus Low Fat Diet in the Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Obese Children With Metabolic Syndrome
Two-arm, parallel design with children between the ages of 10 - 18 with obesity and metabolic syndrome randomized (15 per group) to reduced-carbohydrate diet or a reduced-fat diet for 8 weeks.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Dyslipidemias
- Trial name
- NCT03937960
- Testing
- Carbohydrate restricted group, Standard low fat diet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
Pediatric Obesity, NAFLD
Effect of Obesity on Proton Pump Inhibitors
This longitudinal study tests the hypothesis that obesity affects drug pharmacology of acid suppression medications in children.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, NAFLD, GERD
- Trial name
- LiverLabPPI (NCT04248335)
- Testing
- Lansoprazole, Pantoprazole, Midazolam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Octreotide Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
The purpose of this study is to investigate over a 6 month period the effect of octreotide therapy on food intake, sense of hunger, body weight, body composition, efficiency of burning calories, biomarkers of weight regulation…
- Trial name
- NCT00399893
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Healthy
Defining Vitamin D Insufficiency in School Age Children: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Vitamin D3
The study objective is to characterize the threshold levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D for the definition of vitamin D insufficiency in 8-14 year old African American and Caucasian children.
- Trial name
- Vitamin D RCT (NCT00732758)
- Testing
- Vitamin D3 1000 IU
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 157 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Nutrition Poor, Health Behavior
Technical Assistance for Child and Adult Care Food Program in Family Child Care Home
This study evaluates the effect of a nutrition technical assistance training program for family child care home providers on the food they serve young children in their care and the food environment in their home.
- Trial name
- NCT03560050
- Testing
- Nutrition assistance, Children's environmental health/comparison
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Obesity
For the Health of Our Children--Clinic Based Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem in the U.S. Currently approximately one in three children is considered overweight or obese. Most overweight children grow to become overweight adults.
- Trial name
- NCT01625910
- Testing
- Behavioral counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Childhood Obesity
Translational Investigation of Growth and Everyday Routines in Kids
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of severe obesity on physical activity, sedentary behavior and cardiometabolic risk factors during childhood and adolescence and whether these associations are modified by…
- Trial name
- TIGER Kids (NCT02784509)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
PK Study With Pantoprazole in Obese Children and Adolescents
Multicenter, comparative single-dose pharmacokinetic (PK) study
- Trial name
- PAN01 (NCT02186652)
- Testing
- Pantoprazole
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Phillip Brian Smith
Obesity
Enhancing Self Regulation as a Strategy for Obesity Prevention in Head Start Preschoolers
The goal of this integrated project targeting the Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area is to reduce the prevalence of obesity among children attending Head Start in Michigan.
- Trial name
- NCT01398358
- Testing
- Parents of Preschoolers Series, Incredible Years Series
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 697 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Malnutrition, Infection
Effectiveness of Supplementary Feeding During Infection Among Moderately Malnourished Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an outpatient-based strategy of short-term, ready to use supplementary food (RUSF) among moderately malnourished children with acute infections achieves greater improvement in…
- Trial name
- MODMAL (NCT00890695)
- Testing
- Ready to use supplementary food (RUSF)
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Short Bowel Syndrome
Short Bowel Syndrome Research Study for Children Up To 17 Years of Age on Parenteral Nutrition
Teduglutide is approved for treatment of adults with short bowel syndrome (SBS). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of teduglutide in children up to the age of 17 with SBS who are dependent on…
- Trial name
- NCT02682381
- Testing
- Teduglutide 0.05mg/kg, Teduglutide 0.025 mg/kg, Standard of Care
- Where
- 27 sites in United States, Belgium and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Shire
Diet Modification
Mobile Health (mHealth) Nutrition Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
The high prevalence of mealtime difficulties and obesity among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) calls for new and innovative ways to promote healthy eating and weight development in this population.
- Trial name
- NCT03424811
- Testing
- Mobile Health Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania