Clinical trials: Obesity, Overweight
Obesity
The Impact of a Pre-Operative Exercise Program on Fitness Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a global epidemic and Canada has one of the highest obesity rates in westernized countries. Obesity has many health related complications, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, sleep…
- Trial name
- NCT02010489
- Testing
- 12 week Exercise Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Contraception, Obesity
The Effect of Body Mass Index on Etonogestrel Hormone Levels in Women Using the Single-rod Contraceptive Implant
Two-thirds of young women in the United States are overweight or obese. This excess weight may affect how their body metabolizes drugs such as different birth control methods.
- Trial name
- Eto BMI (NCT01855620)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Healthy, Brain Insulin Sensitivity
Long-Term Effects of Walnut Consumption on Brain Function
Rationale: Healthy foods, including mixed nuts, may improve brain function, which is essential for cognitive and metabolic health, and may contribute to improved food intake regulation.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Brain Insulin Sensitivity, Cerebral Blood Flow, Brain Vascular Function
- Trial name
- WalBrain (NCT07422220)
- Testing
- Walnuts
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Obesity, Impaired Glucose Tolerance
The Effect of Exenatide on Weight and Hunger in Obese, Healthy Women
This study will look at the effect of exenatide, a drug which has been approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, on body weight, appetite and energy expenditure among moderately obese women without diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT00456885
- Testing
- exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Healthy, Adult
Understanding Effects of Calcium on the Gut-Bone Axis
The study team is inviting 13 healthy people to complete a study to explore how calcium affects hormones and bones after eating. Participants will be asked to complete two study visits within eight weeks.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Adult, Calcium, Bone Resorption
- Trial name
- NCT06383117
- Testing
- Calcium carbonate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Georgia
Obesity and Overweight
BK329 and Body Fat Reduction
This clinical trial aims to determine whether BK329 reduces body fat in adults with overweight or obesity and to assess its safety.
- Trial name
- NCT06628791
- Testing
- BK329
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Overweight, Obesity
Reducing Sugar-sweetened Beverage Consumption in Overweight Adolescents
The primary aim of this study is to examine the effect of a multi-component intervention, designed to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, on weight gain, total energy intake, and diet quality in adolescents.
- Trial name
- BASH (NCT00381160)
- Testing
- Reduction of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Obesity
Effect of Nasal Positive Airway Pressure Versus Standard Care on Oxygenation and Ventilation During Propofol-based Sedation for Colonoscopy in Patients With High Risk of Airway Obstruction
The purpose of this study is to to compare oxygenation and ventilation on spontaneously ventilating obese patients or those with diagnosed or undiagnosed Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) undergoing day colonoscopy under Propofol…
- Trial name
- NCT05524220
- Testing
- Standard care with a facemask., SuperNO2VA™EtCO2 (Nasal Oxygenating Ventilating Apparatus)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease
Population Based Strategies for Effective Control of High Blood Pressure in Pakistan
Studies have established that high blood pressure (BP) is the most common risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite a heavy burden of hypertension (33% of all persons aged 45 years and over), there are no reliable…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT00327574
- Testing
- Home heath education +/_ GP training
- Where
- Pakistan
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Obesity, Wolman Disease
Breakfast for Young Women
Investigators will in a crossover study test the health effects of eating a dairy-based protein-rich breakfast, isocaloric carbohydrate-rich breakfast or no breakfast in young overweight women.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Wolman Disease, Nutrition
- Trial name
- GoDag (NCT04652713)
- Testing
- Protein-rich breakfast, Carbohydrate-rich breakfast, No breakfast
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
MASH, MASLD
Global Research Initiative for Patients Screening on MASH
GRIPonMASH will assist (primary) health care providers clinicians to implement the latest patient care pathway, as described by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), to identify patients at risk of severe…
- Conditions
- MASH, MASLD, MASH With Fibrosis, Fibrosis, Liver
- Trial name
- GRIPonMASH (NCT05651724)
- Where
- 13 sites in Belgium, Czechia and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Julius Clinical
Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Endotoxemia
The Effect of Ketogenic-caloric Restricted Diet on Metabolic Endotoxemia in Prediabetic Obese Adults
Insulin resistance increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, with gut dysbiosis emerging as a contributing factor.
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Endotoxemia, Inflammation Biomarkers, Ketogenic Diet
- Trial name
- NCT06911879
- Testing
- Ketogenic diet with caloric restriction, Normal diet with caloric restriction, Normal diet without caloric restriction
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Jordan
Sleep Duration, Child Obesity
Effect of Sleep Extension on Body Weight and Learning in Children (More2Sleep)
More2Sleep is a randomized, controlled, parallel trial with two groups (sleep extension vs control) including 142 school-aged children (6-12 years) who have a BMI above average, defined as age- and sex-specific BMI Z-score above…
- Conditions
- Sleep Duration, Child Obesity, Child Development, Child Behavior
- Trial name
- More2Sleep (NCT06341179)
- Testing
- Sleep extension
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability
Metformin for Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Adults With Intellectual Disability
People with IDD (intellectual and developmental disability) have very high rates of obesity and die prematurely from cardiometabolic disease.
- Conditions
- Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability, Obesity
- Trial name
- METIDD (NCT05744479)
- Testing
- Metformin, Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Obesity
Study of Efficacy of a Probiotic and Postbiotic in Overweight and Obese Individuals
The study's main objective is to investigate the effect of a probiotic (live bacteria), postbiotic (heat-treated bacteria) on obesity parameters.
- Trial name
- Obelix (NCT05440630)
- Testing
- Probiotics, Postbiotic
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
NAFLD
Effects of Tomato Products in Children With NAFLD
CONTROLLED TRIAL ON THE EFFECT OF TOMATO PRODUCTS IN OBESE CHILDREN WITH NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Aim of the study To evaluate the effect of the addition of a daily dose of lycopene enriched tomato sauce on the progress…
- Trial name
- NCT03463967
- Testing
- Lycopene-enriched tomato juice, Energy-restricted diet
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Federico II University
Breast Cancer
Evaluation of a Physical Activity Program in Overweight Breast Cancer Patients
Patients diagnosed with breast cancer generally have a fairly well prognosis with estimated average survival rates of 73% and five year survival rates of 89% in developed countries.
- Trial name
- I-Move (NCT02424292)
- Testing
- Physical activity
- Where
- 4 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Obesity
A Dissonance-Based Obesity Intervention
This project will examine the feasibility and acceptability of Enhanced Project Health, a dissonance-based obesity intervention, and whether this intervention results in significantly greater reductions in weight and improvements…
- Trial name
- NCT04068493
- Testing
- Enhanced Project Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS), Prader-Willi Syndrome
Proof of Concept Study of Vagus Nerve Stimulation
The investigator's recent pilot study of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) from a surgically implanted medical device to control the excess eating behaviour characteristic of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) found that it was safe and…
- Trial name
- NCT03689621
- Testing
- Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS)
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Jessica Beresford-Webb
Obesity
The Effects of Exercise on Appetite Regulation in Overweight/Obese Individuals
In this study the Investigators are examining the effects of a 12-week exercise program (intervention) on measures of appetite and food intake regulation in overweight to mildly obese healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02047721
- Testing
- Exercise, Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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