Clinical trials: Obesity, Infant
Obesity, Blood Pressure
Upstate New York Infant Development Screening Program
The goal of the Upstate KIDS Study is to track the growth, development and long-term health of children given the increasing use of infertility treatment, occurrence of maternal obesity and pregnancy complications, and rising…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Blood Pressure, Motor Delay, Developmental Delay
- Trial name
- Upstate KIDS (NCT03106493)
- Testing
- None (observational)
- Volunteers
- 6,171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Eczema, Allergy
Probiotics in Prevention of Allergies, Obesity and Caries
During the period of 2000-2003, 179 healthy, term infants with no previous signs of allergic disease were recruited and randomized to daily intake of cereals with or without the addition of Lactobacillus paracasei subspecies…
- Conditions
- Eczema, Allergy, Asthma, Obesity
- Trial name
- ELEFANT (NCT00894816)
- Testing
- Lactobacillus F19
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Infant Development, Obesity, Childhood
Breastmilk in Response to a Bout of Exercise
The purpose of this study is to unveil the mechanistic benefits of a bout of postpartum maternal exercise on infant health that are provided by breastmilk.
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Obesity, Childhood, Diabetes, Childhood-Onset
- Trial name
- NCT06892483
- Testing
- Pre-Pregnancy BMI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Growth Failure, Atopy
The PREWEAN Study. Weaning of Preterm Infants During the First Year of Life.
In this Austrian observational study preterm infants born with a birth weight <1500 g and a gestational age <32 weeks will be investigated at the neonatal outpatient clinic.
- Conditions
- Growth Failure, Atopy, Adiposity, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- PREWEAN (NCT02936219)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
A Novel Obesity Prevention Program for High-Risk Infants in Primary Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a responsive parenting obesity prevention program with infants and caregivers of color (e.g., non-White; Hispanic/Latinx) and/or who are economically marginalized (i.e., publicly…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Weight Gain, Weight Gain Trajectory
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06028113)
- Testing
- THRIVE 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Gestational Diabetes, Hyperglycemia
Gestational Metabolic Abnormalities and Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Health
Childhood obesity is on the rise and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes later in life. Recent evidence indicates that abnormalities that increase risk for diabetes may be initiated early in infancy.
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, Insulin Resistance, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01405547
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anthony Hanley
Infant Growth, Childhood Overweight
Modulating Early-life Nutrition for Childhood Obesity Prevention
In this study, betaine intake will be increased in formula-fed infants through formula milk supplementation. To do this, a double-blind randomized study has been designed with the supplementation group (infant formula…
- Trial name
- NutrOb (NCT06091917)
- Testing
- Betaine supplementation in infant formula, Regular infant formula
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Obesity, Infant, Language Development
Music and Child Health and Development
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a music enrichment program on the quality of parent child interactions, a child's motivation to eat, and a child's language environment in 9 to 24 month-old…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Infant, Language Development, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT05868811
- Testing
- Music Together, Play Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Overweight, Childhood, Obesity in Children
The Bloom Study - a Safe and Healthy Start in Life
The aim of the Bloom Study is to promote healthy weight development among infants through a home-based health promoting intervention implemented in the Danish setting of community health nurses.
- Trial name
- NCT06705400
- Testing
- Multi-behavioural
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Obesity
Pilot Testing of Baby Feed: A Web Application for Health Professionals and Parents to Improve Infant Diets
This project will pilot test "Baby Feed" online web portals among clinicians and parents to learn about their experience with the portals.
- Trial name
- NCT05062824
- Testing
- Baby Feed
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Pregnancy Related, Infant Development
Mother Infant Nutrition Study
Early life influences (including the intrauterine environment, birth weight, and early postnatal growth) shape subsequent weight trajectories and future chronic disease risk.
- Trial name
- MINT (NCT04132310)
- Testing
- N/A This is an observational study.
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Infant Body Composition and Metabolism, Metabolism
Studying Phenotypic Risks for Obesity and Underlying Traits in Young Infants
The purpose of this research study is to understand how infants metabolize different meals and to develop clinical tools which identify infants as having two different phenotypes.
- Conditions
- Infant Body Composition and Metabolism, Metabolism, Energy Expenditure, Infant Formula
- Trial name
- SPROUT (NCT07096011)
- Testing
- Meal Test - Human Milk, Meal Test - Infant Formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Gestational Diabetes
Optimizing Outcomes in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Their Infants
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a 14 week intervention is successful in improving outcomes for women with gestational diabetes mellitus and their infants.
- Trial name
- NCT01809431
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Osteoporosis, Obesity
Breastfeeding and Exercise for Healthy Infants and Postpartum Moms Too!
Approximately 8 million American women suffer from osteoporosis, and one out of every two women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporotic-related fracture in their lifetime (42).
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Obesity, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- BEHIP (NCT00966381)
- Testing
- Exercise and weight loss intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Picky Eaters, Feeding Interaction, Good Enough Parenting, Family Meals, Emotional Eating Prevention
"Improved Mother Infant Feeding Interaction (MI-FI) at 12 Months With Very Early Parent Training"
Rise in childhood obesity and poor eating habits and eating problems is apparent over the last decades. Parents are at lose what the correct way to tackle these problems may be.
- Trial name
- MI-FI (NCT03086811)
- Testing
- Mother Infant Feeding Interaction very early training
- Volunteers
- 166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Obesity, Childhood
GI Tract Biomarkers in Infants With Different Diets
Childhood obesity is increasing with more than one-third of adolescents currently overweight and one in five with obesity. The lifelong incidence of obesity-related morbidities is also increasing with childhood obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT03751137
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Obesity, Obesity, Infant
Maternal Characteristics Associated With Child Growth and Adiposity
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the concentrations of leptin, insulin, liver expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP2), and cortisol in plasma and breast milk and their relationship with eating behavior…
- Trial name
- NCT05798676
- Testing
- overweight/obesity
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri
Fetal Macrosomia, Obesity Complicating Childbirth
Investigating the Relationship Between Triglycerides and Fetal Overgrowth in Gestational Diabetes
This is a prospective, observational study which examines the association between maternal triglycerides in the antepartum period and fetal overgrowth in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes.
- Conditions
- Fetal Macrosomia, Obesity Complicating Childbirth, Gestational Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT06067685
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding
Using Digital Health Technologies to Prevent Rapid Infant Weight Gain.
A digital intervention to provide supplemental infant feeding support to mothers enrolled in WIC. The trial begins prenatally and continues through 3-months postpartum and tests the feasibility and acceptability of a text…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding, Child Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05265845
- Testing
- Intervention, Text4Baby
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Obesity
Pattern - Reach Aim 2
The purpose of this research study is to learn about different approaches to promoting healthy growth among infants, and understanding parents' likes and dislikes of an approach to reducing risk factors for obesity later in life.
- Trial name
- NCT04216264
- Testing
- Standard response, Targeted response
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University