Clinical trials: Obesity in Children
Obesity
Kid STRIDE: Exploring Participation in a Family-based Intervention
The aim of this qualitative study is to explore parental and child perceptions of participating in a family-based behavioral intervention targeting healthy behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT00682422
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Obesity, Childhood
Storytelling To Prevent Obesity and Encourage Responsive Feeding Practices in Young Children
The goal of this qualitative trial study is to assess the usefulness and acceptability of the intervention in diverse clinical and community settings.
- Trial name
- STORY (NCT05994924)
- Testing
- Educational Handout, Video Series, Group Discussion Sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Obesity
Parent Mentors Using Positive Deviance in Childhood Obesity
A feasibility study randomizing participants (parents of children age 2-5 years old) to receive either education or a parent mentor with the aim of improving health behaviors and improving their body mass index z-score.
- Trial name
- NCT02373670
- Testing
- Promotion of positive deviance behaviors, Promotion of healthy behaviors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Childhood Obesity, Body Composition
The Impact of Resistance Exercise Training On Metabolic Dysregulation in Obese Children.
Impact of resistance training in prepubertal children with obesity focusing mostly in changes in body composition and markers of insulin resistance.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Body Composition, Resistance Training, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00460135
- Testing
- resistance training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Obesity
Development of a Group Prenatal Care Intervention to Address Maternal and Child Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Risk in American Samoa
To test the efficacy of a group prenatal care intervention to reduce the risk of obesity related health conditions during and after pregnancy in obese mothers and their infants.
- Trial name
- NCT04025268
- Testing
- Group Prenatal Care (GPNC), Standard of Care
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity
Differences in Nutrient Use During Exercise Between Children of Varying Body Mass Indices and Fitness Levels
Children who have previously participated in the study "MI Energy" will be invited to participate in "SUPER kids". Investigators want to better understand differences in nutrient use (e.g., fatty acid and carbohydrate) during…
- Trial name
- SUPERkids (NCT04819308)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Childhood Obesity
Brighter Bites - Access, Continuity and Education With Fruits and Vegetables
The purpose of the research is to find out how well a new nutrition program works for elementary school students and their families. This program is called Brighter Bites.
- Trial name
- Brighter Bites (NCT02726529)
- Testing
- Brighter Bites, CATCH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 710 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Obesity (Disorder), Child Obesity
Pharmacological Treatment - An Overview of Its Role in Managing Childhood Obesity
The aim of the study is to examine the effects of pharmacological treatment for obesity on BMI trajectories and metabolic markers among patients in routine clinical care. A retrospective observational study.
- Trial name
- NCT07304141
- Testing
- Liraglutide 3 mg (Saxenda)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Obesity, Childhood
Acetaminophen Dosing in Obese Adolescents
Although there are numerous studies investigating the pharmacokinetic properties of intravenous acetaminophen in infants and children with normal weight, there are none in the obese pediatric patient .
- Trial name
- NCT03192566
- Testing
- Tylenol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Adolescents (12 to 17 Years Old), Obese (BMI>90th Percentile)
Teenagers: Impact of Eccentric eXercise Training on Overweight and Obesity
Nowadays, eccentric exercise can be realized in a dynamic way with an ergocycle which permits eccentric (ECC) lower limbs contractions at a defined power output.
- Trial name
- TEXTOO (NCT02925572)
- Testing
- Cycling exercises
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Obesity
Study of Serum Markers for Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Youth and Impact of Lifestyle and Medication Intervention
In Protocol #2, we will select 30 obese pubertal and 30 obese prepubertal subjects with an abnormal cytokine profile (i.e. fibrinogen and/or hsCRP concentration greater than or equal to 2 Standard Deviations (SD) above the mean…
- Trial name
- NCT00139477
- Testing
- Metformin, Dietary modification with caloric restriction, Establishment of exercise protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating
Effectiveness of a 10-week Multicomponent Intervention Combined With Parent Education on Binge Eating Behavior in Children and Adolescents
The main purpose is to investigate the effectiveness of a 10-week multicomponent camp intervention to reduce BE behavior in children and adolescents and explore in a randomized controlled setting if a parent-based…
- Conditions
- Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating, Loss of Control Eating, Overweight , Obesity
- Trial name
- STOB (NCT07301541)
- Testing
- A 10-week multicomponent camp intervention for children, A BED intervention for parents
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Child
Double Duty Interventions and Its Impact on Double Burden of Malnutrition in Children Under Five Years
Background: Double burden of malnutrition is an emerging public health problem among children under-five years due to the inevitable consequences of nutritional transition.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Child, Obesity, Undernutrition
- Trial name
- DBM (NCT05791305)
- Testing
- double duty intervention packages
- Where
- 2 sites in Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 456 people
- Sponsor
- Debre Berhan University
Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy
Gross Motor Abnormalities in Relation to Balance and Weight Indicators in Diplegia
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the correlation between BMI and balance and gross motor capacities in children with spastic diplegia.
- Trial name
- BMI (NCT06642922)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Lamis Neyazy Elrakhawy
Obesity
Comparative Study of High Intensity Interval Training and Endurance Training in Juvenile Obesity
Exercise is an effective strategy to manage juvenile obesity; however this ideal exercise training mode is still unclear. In this study, the investigators compared the health-related effects of high intensity interval training…
- Trial name
- NCT02143453
- Testing
- Endurance training, High intensity interval training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Childhood Obesity
MuLtidimensional School-based and Family interVentions to Promote hEalthy and Sustainable LifestYle for the Childhood
Childhood obesity condition has increased 10 times in the last 40 years, representing one of the most important public health challenges of our century.
- Trial name
- LIVELY (NCT05966051)
- Testing
- Educational interventions
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 226 people
- Sponsor
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Obesity, Childhood
Gut Microbiome, Adiposity, and Probiotics (GMAP)
Recent studies have shown that the bacteria in the gut (gut microbiome) can affect adiposity levels and inflammation. In animal studies, changing these bacteria has been linked with decreased fat mass and inflammation as well as…
- Trial name
- GMAP (NCT03533621)
- Testing
- Probiotic - VSL#3
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Pediatric Obesity
Building Blocks for Healthy Preschoolers
Pediatric obesity, a defining health problem of the century, leads to long-term health disparities. This application evaluates strategies to prevent health disparities early in life by developing environmental wellness-related…
- Trial name
- NCT03111264
- Testing
- CHAMP, CHAMP+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,943 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Plant Stanols and Liver Inflammation in Overweight and Obese Children
Obesity is associated with a variety of co-morbidities. Children with obesity are more likely to have risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and CVD risk markers (e.g.
- Conditions
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis, NAFLD, NASH
- Trial name
- NCT04783116
- Testing
- Plant stanols (3g/day)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Cardiovascular Diseases, Childhood Obesity
Sportcheck Follow-Up
The study resembles a four-year follow-up on the influence of physical activity and fitness, blood pressure, BMI and stress on vascular health in primary schoolchildren.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Childhood Obesity, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT03085498
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Basel