Clinical trials: Nutrition Intervention
Exposure to Herbicides
Measurement of Agricultural and Dietary Glyphosate Exposure Among Pregnant Women
The purpose of this research is to understand whether and how pregnant women may be exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in a common herbicide.
- Trial name
- NCT04155463
- Testing
- Organic Diet, Conventional Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boise State University
Obesity, Weight Loss
Lifestyle Behavior Weight Loss Intervention
This lifestyle behavior intervention aims to weight loss in low-income overweight or obese mothers of young children through promotion of stress management, healthy eating, and physical activity.
- Trial name
- NCT04649047
- Testing
- Goal-oriented episodic future thinking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Health Behavior, Obesity
A Skills-based RCT for Physical Activity Using Peer Mentors
This approach will train peer mentors to deliver a culturally appropriate intervention and provide social support that is critical for facilitating and sustaining health behavior change.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Obesity, Motor Activity
- Trial name
- NCT02329262
- Testing
- Mentoring to be Active with Accelerometers, Planning to be Active with Accelerometers
- Where
- 20 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 571 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Obesity, Pregnancy Related
Optimizing Health From Pregnancy Through One Year Postpartum
This study will evaluate the impact of different combinations of intervention as a function of gestational weight gain in pregnant woman. Participants will be randomized at two points during the study.
- Trial name
- HABIT (NCT03069690)
- Testing
- HABITpreg, HABITpost
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Overweight
Promoting Water Consumption for Prevention of Overweight in School Children in a Controlled Intervention Trial
A major goal in public health is to find effective, feasible and simple programs for overweight prevention among children. This controlled intervention study evaluates a simple environmental and behavioral modification for its…
- Trial name
- trinkfit (NCT00554294)
- Testing
- environmental and behavioral change
- Volunteers
- 2,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund
Obesity, Overweight
Targeting Body Image Among Women of Higher Body Weight
The goal of this study is to modify the evidence-based Body Project intervention to more powerfully target weight and shape concern among women with BMI between 25-40 using exploratory sequential mixed methodology (using both…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Body Image
- Trial name
- NCT04810247
- Testing
- Body Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Morbid Obesity, Liver Fat
Low-calorie Diet and Body Composition Prior to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Losing weight before undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery may reduce liver fat content and size thereby improving surgical outcomes.
- Trial name
- LCD (NCT02144597)
- Testing
- Liquid formula low-calorie diet (LCD), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), Control diet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Heart Diseases, Stroke
The HARMONY Study: A Intervention to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in African American Women
This study will test whether a culturally-tailored nutrition and exercise intervention designed for African-American women will lead to sustained improvements in exercise and healthy eating through improvements in self-management…
- Conditions
- Heart Diseases, Stroke, Pre-diabetes, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT04705779
- Testing
- HARMONY, Nutrition and Exercise Education (NEEW)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Overweight and Obesity
Adaptation of a Digital Weight Loss Intervention Promoting Self-regulation for Use in Type 2 Diabetes
The purpose of this study is to 1) adapt a weight loss app that the Tate team has previously developed to promote PA and diet and adapt them to the needs and perspectives of those with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM), integrate daily…
- Trial name
- NCT03650088
- Testing
- Behavioral weight loss with digital tools
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Obesity
Preventing Weight Gain and Unhealthy Behaviors in Children
This study will address engagement in unhealthy behaviors, low levels of self-regulation, and unhealthy weight gain for children from low-income households.
- Trial name
- NCT04608188
- Testing
- Summer Camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Adherence, Treatment, Retention
KNA Proof-of-Concept
The intervention program proof-of-concept was assessed as a single-arm, within-subjects clinical study with a target enrollment of 10 participants with possible or probable amnestic MCI.
- Conditions
- Adherence, Treatment, Retention, Cognitive Impairment, Mild
- Trial name
- NCT04968041
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Ketogenic Nutrition Adherence Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant ALL
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH)
This pilot study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of adding a cardiovascular health module to the existing Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) home visitation program delivered by trained nurses in the Northern…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant ALL, Maternal Behavior, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- ENRICH (NCT05824741)
- Testing
- Infant Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Promotion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Metabolic Syndrome
P20 Extending Sleep to Reverse Metabolic Syndrome
This pilot study will test the acceptability and feasibility of a sleep extension intervention in community-dwelling, short-sleeping, racially/ethnically diverse middle-aged adults with MetS.
- Trial name
- NCT03596983
- Testing
- Sleep Intervention, Week 2 Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Overweight, Obesity
Toddler Overweight Prevention Study Among Low-Income Families
The hypothesis is that toddlers with parents who are randomized to a parenting intervention and toddlers with parents who are randomized to the maternal intervention focused on maternal diet and physical activity will be more…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Depression
- Trial name
- TOPS (NCT02615158)
- Testing
- Maternal Physical Activity and Nutrition, Parenting, Child Safety
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Diet, Healthy
Free Living Food Waste Management and Diet Quality Improvement Using Smart Intervention and Food Image Application
The primary aim of this study is to reduce household food waste and improve individual nutrition. This will be achieved using the FoodImageTM smartphone app 1, a novel method for measuring household food acquisition, food intake…
- Trial name
- FoodImage2 (NCT05061888)
- Testing
- Smart Intervention for Food Waste Management and Replacing current diet with Fruits and Vegetables, Smart Intervention for Stress Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Asthma in Children, Obesity
Managing AsThma AnD Obesity Related Symptoms (MATADORS) Feasibility Study
The purpose of this 4 week pilot study is to test the use of a mobile application (also commonly referred to as an app) designed to help increase self-management strategies among youth that have asthma and obesity.
- Conditions
- Asthma in Children, Obesity, Obesity, Adolescent, Obesity, Childhood
- Trial name
- MATADORS (NCT05742646)
- Testing
- MATADORS, MATADORS Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Obesity
Environmental Intervention for Weight Gain Prevention
The primary aim of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of a multicomponent worksite-based, environmental intervention in reducing weight increase and obesity over time in working adults.
- Trial name
- HealthWorks (NCT00708461)
- Testing
- weight gain prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,747 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Increasing Cure Rate of Hepatitis C Therapy in Obese Hepatitis C Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether obese people do not respond to hepatitis C treatment as well as lean people. This research studies whether obese people will show higher sustained virologic response rate if they…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, Hepatitis C
- Trial name
- NCT00871845
- Testing
- Dietary and Lifestyle modification educational sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Hossam Kandil
Obesity, Hypercholesterolemia
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Beverage Intervention for Hispanic Adults
This study aims to 1) assess the feasibility and acceptability of a prescribed beverage intervention in 50 obese Hispanic adults ages 18-64 years over 6 weeks; and 2) assess preliminary effects of the beverage intervention on…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Hypercholesterolemia, Hyperglycemia, Hypertriglyceridemia
- Trial name
- NCT02911753
- Testing
- Mediterranean Lemonade, Green Tea, Flavored Water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Overweight and Obesity, Adiposity
Healthy Mothers-Healthy Children Nutrition
Using a randomized two-group, repeated measures experimental design, the goal of the proposed study is to investigate the efficacy of a 12-week nutrition and exercise education, physical activity, coping skills training, and…
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Adiposity, Nutrient; Excess, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- HMHC (NCT03866902)
- Testing
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention, English for Second Language Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 578 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami