Clinical trials: Overweight, Obesity
Overweight, Obesity
Food, Activity and Behavior Trial
This study will provide data on the response over 24 months to two commercial weight loss programs (center-based and telephone-based) compared to control conditions.
- Trial name
- FAB (NCT00640900)
- Testing
- Usual care, Commercial weight loss program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jenny Craig, Inc.
Obesity, Metabolic Complication
Effects of a Single Bout of Exercise on Transcriptomics and Metabolomics in Adipose Tissue
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a single bout of exercise on changes in the genes and small molecules in blood and fat tissue, before and after a bout of exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT04865965
- Testing
- Acute Bout of Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joslin Diabetes Center
Overweight and Obesity
Opportunities for Food Reformulation
The objective of this study is to determine the independent and additive effects of food texture and energy density on food and energy intake compared to a control condition.
- Trial name
- OffR (NCT05659771)
- Testing
- Food properties manipulation to alter eating behavior and food and energy intake
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Asthma, Obesity
Contributing Factors in the Pathobiology of Airway Remodeling in Obesity
There are two aims for this study. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of body weight and hormones on airway fibrosis (scarring) and lung function in obese \& lean asthma subjects compared to obese \& lean…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Obesity, Obesity, Morbid, Bariatric Surgery Candidate
- Trial name
- NCT03115632
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Overweight, Obesity
LIVE SMART: Smartphone Intervention for Weight Control
The purpose of this study is to compare three methods of delivering behavioral weight loss treatment.Participants are randomly assigned to one of three 18-month weight loss treatments (group, individual, or smartphone treatment).
- Trial name
- NCT01724632
- Testing
- Lifestyle Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Dietary Change, Obesity & Overweight
Dietary Peanuts and Nutrition-Related Outcomes
This study will look at how eating peanuts every day might affect participants weight, how healthy their diet is, and how they feel when eating.
- Conditions
- Dietary Change, Obesity & Overweight, Food Acceptance
- Trial name
- NCT07244458
- Testing
- Peanuts, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ian J. Neeland, MD
Metabolic Syndrome
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Two Microalgae Consumption on Metabolic Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the consumption of two microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) on some biomarkers of metabolic syndrome: Total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL…
- Trial name
- ALGAENERGY (NCT05343858)
- Testing
- Experimental: Group 1: Spirulina platensis, Experimental: Group 2: Chlorella vulgaris
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz
Overweight and Obesity
Circadian Timing, Information Processing and Energy Balance Study
This study design will test biological and behavioral mechanisms in the cross-sectional analyses and determine the prospective effects of circadian alignment and sleep on changes in cardiometabolic risk factors.
- Trial name
- TIME (NCT04759755)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Obesity & Overweight, Type 2 Diabetes
A Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Assess the Safety of DWRX5003 and Relative Bioavailability to DWC202502 and DWC202503 in Healthy Adult Volunteers
Phase 1 Safety and Relative Bioavailability Study of DWRX5003 in Healthy Adults
- Trial name
- NCT07539415
- Testing
- DWRX5003, DWC202502, DWC202503
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. LTD.
Weight Gain
Weight Gain During Pregnancy - a Randomized Controlled Trial of Intervention to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain
Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is associated with complications during delivery primarily due to macrosomia (large babies) but also with high levels of weight retention post pregnancy and thereby increased risk of future…
- Trial name
- VIGA (NCT00451425)
- Testing
- motivational intervention in pregnancy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 430 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Region Örebro County
Aging, Menopause
Gonadal Hormone, Gonadotropin and Cardiovascular Events
Deficiency in gonadal hormone has been considered to play a role in ageing related increased incidence of cardiovascular events. But the mechanism has not been fully elucidated.
- Trial name
- NCT02810821
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shandong Provincial Hospital
Metabolic Disease
Resistance Exercise, Metabolism and Time of Day
The aim of the current study is to determine the effect of time of day on the muscle and metabolic responses to resistance exercises in obese or overweight adults. To achieve this aim we have the following objectives: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT05321914
- Testing
- Exercise training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Obesity
Effect of Obesity on Immune Response to Pneumovax 23
Pneumococcal infections are a leading cause of adult and childhood hospitalization and death. It has been shown that obese individuals are at higher risk for this bacterial infection.
- Trial name
- ROVE (NCT02471014)
- Testing
- Pneumovax 23, Blood tests, Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Obesity, Weight Loss
Attitudes Toward Food During a Weight Loss Intervention
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Noom Healthy Weight Program, a digital behavior change weight loss intervention, creates a positive relationship with food, compared to a waitlist control group.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Overweight and Obesity, Overweight or Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04586647
- Testing
- Noom Healthy Weight; mobile behavior change program for weight loss.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Noom Inc.
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Stearidonic Acid and Lipid Metabolism
Evidence exists that EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid or C20:5n-3) supplementation can reduce the risk for coronary heart disease. EPA can be synthesized from α-linolenic acid (ALA or C18:3n-3), but conversion is low.
- Trial name
- NCT01365078
- Testing
- Echium oil (SDA-rich oil), high-oleic acid sunflower oil (HOSO) (low in SDA)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Obesity
The Obese Taste Bud Study
The sense of taste is essential for priming food preferences and is therefore important for caloric uptake and body weight regulation.
- Trial name
- OTB (NCT04633109)
- Testing
- taste bud biopsy, oral glucose tolerance test, Taste sensitivity
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leipzig
Obesity
BEYOND Weight Loss Study
National guidelines recommend 15-20% weight loss for severe and complicated obesity. Weight loss maintenance can be achieved in around 33% of patients at 12 months.
- Trial name
- BEYOND (NCT02340793)
- Testing
- Counterweight Plus
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Adipose Tissue
Effect of Obesity on Extracellular Matrix Composition
The experiment is a simple cross-sectional study with three groups (n=10) in each group, young and old healthy men and obese young men. The study will investigate the composition of the adipose tissue extra cellular matrix.
- Trial name
- EOBECM (NCT06304506)
- Testing
- Cross sectional study
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Mitochondrial Diseases, Obesity
Muscle OXPHOS and Nutrient Homeostasis
Investigators are recruiting adults (men and women, ages 18 to 65 years, inclusive) with a confirmed genetic diagnosis of mitochondrial disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02920671
- Testing
- Tracer-enhanced oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT*), Muscle MRI, Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity
The Effects of Gum Chewing on Energy Intake and Expenditure
The purpose of this study is to determine if chewing gum increases energy expenditure and decreases food intake.
- Trial name
- NCT01043471
- Testing
- Chewing gum, Water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison