Clinical trials: Obesity, Prediabetes
Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
Beta Cell Restoration Through Fat Mitigation
Weight loss achieved through gastric banding will be superior to treatment with metformin in preserving or restoring pancreatic beta cell function in people with prediabetes or mild type 2 diabetes.
- Conditions
- Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- BetaFat (NCT01763346)
- Testing
- Metformin, gastric banding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Body Weight, Obesity
Meta-analysis of the Nordic Dietary Pattern on Cardiometabolic Risk and Cardiovascular Outcomes
The Nordic Diet is a dietary pattern rich in traditional Nordic foods, including berries, grains, and fatty fish common in northern Europe.
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity, Overweight and Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal
- Trial name
- NCT04094194
- Testing
- Nordic diet
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
PreDiabetes, Obesity
Promotora-Led Intervention for Metabolic and Mental Health
Evidence-based programs to prevent diabetes among high-risk individuals are less effective among those who also have mental health needs.
- Conditions
- PreDiabetes, Obesity, Metabolic Disease, Body Weight Changes
- Trial name
- PRIME2 (NCT03372018)
- Testing
- Promotora-led Intervention (PLI), Usual care (UC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
Pathobiology and Reversibility of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort
The reasons for the epidemics of diabetes and prediabetes, and why individuals from certain populations suffer at higher rates are not well known.
- Conditions
- Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- PROP-ABC (NCT02027571)
- Testing
- Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 223 people
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Prediabetes, Gestational Diabetes
Treating Prediabetes in the First Trimester
The investigators plan to study a sample of women with prediabetes (diagnosed by Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) 5.7-6.4% or fasting plasma glucose (FPG) 92-125 mg/dL) in the first trimester of pregnancy, and patients will be randomized…
- Trial name
- NCT01926457
- Testing
- Treatment of Prediabetes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Obesity, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Heat Therapy and Cardiometabolic Health in Obese Women
Traditional medical treatments are often based on research done exclusively in males, and recent research efforts in the physiology community have highlighted critical sex differences in disease presentation and progression.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Prehypertension, PreDiabetes
- Trial name
- CMH (NCT03644524)
- Testing
- Heat therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Prediabetes, Obesity
Effects of Antidiabetic Medications on the Postprandial State in Prediabetes
This project addresses cardiovascular disease risk in patients with prediabetes. Levels of lipids after eating a meal ("postprandial lipids") are strong independent predictors of cardiovascular risk.
- Trial name
- NCT02104739
- Testing
- Exenatide, Saxagliptin, Exenatide extended-release (ER)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Obesity, Overweight
Smart Technology for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health
The study will evaluate whether a technology-based lifestyle intervention program using primarily a smartphone platform is an acceptable and effective way for treating obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Prediabetes, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- NCT02742662
- Testing
- Wearable technology, smartscale, Smartphone applications, Standard Weight Management Visits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Obesity, Diabetes
Gelesis Glycemic Index Study
A study to determine glucose and insulin responses to 50g and 100 g of carbohydrate with and without Gelesis200.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, PreDiabetes
- Trial name
- GLIDE (NCT03124134)
- Testing
- Gelesis200
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gelesis, Inc.
Prediabetes, Obesity
The Effect of Hypocaloric Diet Associated With tDCS on Weight Loss and Metabolic Profile
To compare four weeks of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) versus placebo associated with a reduced caloric diet on weight loss, glycemic control and regulators of hunger and satiety in overweight or obese subjects…
- Conditions
- Prediabetes, Obesity, Weight Loss, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02683902
- Testing
- Active tDCS, Hypocaloric diet
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Prediabetes
The Influence of Glucose Flux on Fat Synthesis in a Whole Body Calorimeter
The study is carried out to find out the inclusion of high and low glycaemic index foods to daily meals and how they impact 24 hour blood glucose fluctuations and energy regulation.
- Trial name
- NCT02631083
- Testing
- Breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation
Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
Energy Flux and Fat Oxidation Using Low and High Glycaemic Index Foods
Purpose: This study is carried out to determine the effect of GI on 24 hour blood glucose profiles and energy regulation in Asians when fed a normal diet modulated with sweeteners.
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, PreDiabetes
- Trial name
- NCT03031886
- Testing
- low glycaemic index intervention, high glycaemic index intervention
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation
Prediabetes, Obesity
Diabetes Prevention Program in Adults of the Yaqui Tribe of Hermosillo, Sonora at Risk of Diabetes
Diabetes is a major non communicable chronic diseases in the world. It occupies the fourth or fifth leading cause of death in most high-income countries and there is strong evidence that has epidemic proportions in many…
- Conditions
- Prediabetes, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT02899390
- Testing
- Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Mexico
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C.
Prediabetes
Examining the Effects of Diet on Health in Prediabetes With an Online Program
The study is a pilot, designed to provide data regarding the feasibility and acceptability of conducting such a study on a larger scale.
- Trial name
- NCT02188823
- Testing
- Low carbohydrate diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
Mechanisms Underlying Metabolic Syndrome in Obesity
The purpose of this study is to better understand the link between obesity and diabetes or pre-diabetes.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Prediabetes
- Trial name
- NCT00579813
- Testing
- Pioglitazone
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philip Kern
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of the Effect of 'Catalytic' Doses of Fructose and Its Epimers on Carbohydrate Metabolism
Despite advances in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes, its prevalence continues to rise worldwide. There is a need for new modalities to improve metabolic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes and those who…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Dysglycemia, Prediabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02776722
- Testing
- fructose, allulose, tagatose, or sorbose
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Prevention Trial to Achieve Cardiovascular Targets
The objective of IMPACT (Investigation of Motivational Interviewing and Prevention Consults to Achieve Cardiovascular Targets) is to determine the best management strategy for patients undergoing cardiovascular intervention.
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT01642355)
- Testing
- Prevention Consult, Consult & Behavioral Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
NAFLD, Obesity
Ernährungs-Interventions-Fettleber-Studie (Interventional Study on Nutritional Effects on NAFLD)
Epidemiological data and studies in animal models suggest, that polyunsatured fatty acids (PUFA) rather than mono-unsatured fatty acids (MUFA) are associated with lower hepatic lipid content (HCL) and may facilitate a decrease of…
- Conditions
- NAFLD, Obesity, Prediabetes, Dyslipoproteinemia
- Trial name
- UFOP-2 (NCT02458586)
- Testing
- Dietary intervention / counseling
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- German Institute of Human Nutrition
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of Pasta as Part of Low Glycemic Index Diets and Adiposity
Pasta is an important example of a food which can lower the glycemic index (GI) of the diet, a property that has been exploited extensively in studies of low GI dietary patterns.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT02961088
- Testing
- Pasta as part of a low GI/GL diet
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of Total and Individual Fructose-containing Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Disease
Since uncontrolled observational studies first linked fructose to the epidemic of obesity almost a decade ago, it has become a focus of intense concern regarding its role in the obesity epidemic and increasing burden of…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Dyslipidemia, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT01608620
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper