Clinical trials: Nutrition and Energy Balance
Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Low Birth Weight
Effect of a Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplement on Birth Outcome and Child Growth in Houndé District, Burkina Faso.
The 2016 WHO antenatal care guidelines stated that pregnant women in undernourished populations should receive fortified balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplements to reduce the risk of stillbirth and small-for-gestational-age…
- Conditions
- Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Low Birth Weight, Prematurity, Infant Malnutrition
- Trial name
- MISAME-3 (NCT03533712)
- Testing
- Fortified balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplement, Fe and folic acid supplement
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Obesity
Fasted Evening Exercise: Performance and Compensatory Eating
This study will compare the appetite, energy intake, and exercise performance responses to a bout of exercise completed in the evening after an extended period of fasting with a similar bout of exercise completed in the evening…
- Trial name
- NCT04742530
- Testing
- Fasted Evening Exercise, Fed Evening Exercise, Fed Morning Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nottingham Trent University
Weight Loss, Obesity
Effects of Negative Energy Balance on Muscle Mass Regulation
The investigators here propose to perform a prospective randomized intervention trial in post-menopausal women to investigate the endocrine network, which contributes to the changes in skeletal muscle mass during weight loss.
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Obesity, Skeletal Muscle, Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT01105143
- Testing
- multimodal lifestyle intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Obesity
Low Oxygen Exposure and Weight Status
The objective of the proposed double-blind, parallel-arm, randomized clinical trial is to evaluate changes in body weight and composition, assess determinants of energy balance (intake and expenditure), and measure modulators of…
- Trial name
- LOWS (NCT05289310)
- Testing
- Normobaric hypoxia (NH), Normobaric normoxia (NN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity
The Effects of Dairy Products on Energy Balance
The aim of the study is to investigate the long time effects of high and low intake of dairy products on fecal fat excretion, weight loss, blood pressure, lipid profile, lipid oxidation and appetite regulation in moderately…
- Trial name
- MEPEB (NCT01199835)
- Testing
- High Calcium intake from dairy products
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, Visceral
Extreme Exercise and Energy Expenditure (4E) Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to provide evidence, through an extreme exercise prescription (1,144 km of road cycling on seven consecutive days), that weight loss is not the appropriate outcome to evaluate the effects of…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, Visceral, Liver Fat, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05895916
- Testing
- High-volume road cycling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, University Laval
Hyperglucagonemia, Obesity
Effects of Glucagon Administration on Energy Expenditure
The purpose of this study is to collect data to help researchers better understand the effects of glucagon on the amount of calories burned.
- Trial name
- GLEE (NCT02237053)
- Testing
- Glucagon, Octreotide, Insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Obesity
Diet, Imaging and Energy Balance Trial (DIET)
To evaluate whether changes in macronutrient consumption (i.e., switching to a diet low in carbohydrates) can change brain responses to cues depicting foods representing that macronutrient.
- Trial name
- DIET (NCT00787280)
- Testing
- Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet (LCKD), Low Fat Diet (LFD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Sleep, Meals
Sleep Timing and Energy Balance
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of sleep and meal timing, independent of sleep duration, on glucose regulation and metabolic and hormonal control of energy balance in normal weight adults.
- Trial name
- NCT01866280
- Testing
- Normal sleep, Normal meals, Late sleep
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Obesity
Integrating Quantitative Energetics Determines the Microbiome's Contribution to Energy Balance
We propose to study the role of the gut microbiome in the development of obesity, and whether we can change the microbiome's contribution to host energy balance through diet.
- Trial name
- NCT02939703
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Gestational Weight Gain, Overweight and Obesity
Healthy Mom Zone Gestational Weight Gain Management Intervention 2.0
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if the enhanced HMZ 2.0 intervention with new control system/digital platform to regulate gestational weight gain (GWG) and impact maternal-infant outcomes while collecting implementation…
- Conditions
- Gestational Weight Gain, Overweight and Obesity, Pregnancy, Energy Balance
- Trial name
- HMZ Two (NCT05807594)
- Testing
- HMZ 2.0 Intervention, Attention Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Insulin Resistance
Meal Pattern and Metabolic Parameters
In this study investigators will compare the health effect of two different meal patterns. In one, participants will consume food according to an 'irregular meal pattern' (minimum 3 meals, maximum 9 meals per day) and in the…
- Trial name
- NCT02582606
- Testing
- Regular meal pattern, Irregular meal pattern
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Motor Activity, Body Weight
Effects of Aerobic Exercise Detraining
The proposed study seeks to better understand the role of body weight, energy expenditure, and energy intake as mechanisms of body weight gain during detraining following aerobic exercise.
- Conditions
- Motor Activity, Body Weight, Obesity
- Trial name
- E-Mechanic_Fol (NCT02158130)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Childhood
Food Genetics Behavior Study
A genetic risk for obesity does not always translate to the development of obesity among children, which points to the presence of risk-modifying factors that likely relate to energy balance behaviors as key behavioral drivers.
- Trial name
- FOODIE (NCT05783765)
- Testing
- Heightened Drive to Eat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity
Comparison of 1 vs 3 Sets of Resistance Training on Muscular Hypertrophy
This study is designed to investigate the effects of two levels of resistance weight training on body composition, energy expenditure, and energy intake in men and women. The weight training will take about one hour to complete.
- Trial name
- NCT01107691
- Testing
- Amount of resistance offered in training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Obesity, Appetitive Behavior
Regulation of Energy Balance and Metabolism - Mechanisms Behind and Beyond Obesity and Weight Loss
The study aims to investigate homeostatic and hedonic mechanisms regulating appetite, energy balance and metabolism in obesity and the effects of three distinct obesity treatments on these regulatory mechanisms.
- Trial name
- BALANCE (NCT03550339)
- Testing
- SURG, DIET, HAES
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Eastern Finland
Obesity
The Energy Balance Study
Very low carbohydrate diets and high-complex carbohydrate, low-fat diets are popular weight-loss methods in the United States. The purpose of the Energy Balance Study is to explore how extreme differences in diet affect eating…
- Trial name
- EBS (NCT01029483)
- Testing
- Low carbohydrate diet, High-carbohydrate ad libitum intervention, High carbohydrate diet-energy matched intervention
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Obesity & Overweight, Healthy Adult
Vitis Intervention Trial in Substrate Metabolism
Obesity is associated with reduced metabolic flexibility (MetFlex), the capacity to shift between carbohydrate and lipid oxidation in response to nutrient availability.
- Trial name
- VITIS (NCT07800988)
- Testing
- Freeze-Dried Whole Grape Powder
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Impacts of Intermittent Fasting on Energy Balance and Associated Health Outcomes
Obesity is a global concern with links to conditions such as diabetes. Historically, these conditions have been managed by reducing energy intake on a daily basis, which is often hampered by low adherence rates and compensatory…
- Trial name
- NCT02498002
- Testing
- Physical Activity Monitoring (Actiheart), Energy Intake Monitoring, Body Weight Monitoring
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Obesity
Extended Evening Fasting: Metabolic Health and Energy Balance
This study will compare metabolic and feeding behaviour responses to 4 days of extended evening fasting vs. a control trial
- Trial name
- NCT04924517
- Testing
- Extended Evening Fasting, Control
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nottingham Trent University