Clinical trials: Pediatric Obesity
Childhood Obesity
Swiss Childhood Health and Nutrition Survey 2023
This study will repeat previous studies done in 2002, 2007 2012 and 2017/18, in order to monitor the trend in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6-12 year old children in Switzerland over the entire period.
- Trial name
- CHildHNS23 (NCT05697367)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 1,245 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Isabelle Herter-Aeberli
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Balance
Functional Assessment and Sleep Apnea in Obese Children and Adolescents
Childhood obesity increases significantly, and determines several complications in childhood and adulthood, and the worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity has shown a rapid increase in recent decades.
- Conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Balance, Obesity, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT05563311
- Testing
- Exercise on High-intensity interval training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
Pediatric Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Study of Post-meal Blood Sugar Peaks in Association With Vascular Disease in Childhood Obesity
The main purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with acarbose attenuates post-prandial glycemic excursions in non-diabetic/pre-diabetic obese children as determined by continuous glucose monitoring systems…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00846521
- Testing
- Acarbose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity, Adolescent
Comparison of the Effects of Two Different Exercise Programs in Obese Adolescents
Obesity is one of the most important health problems of developed and developing countries. Especially in children and adolescents, the prevalence of obesity is increasing at an alarming rate.
- Trial name
- NCT04491019
- Testing
- Balance exercise group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Endothelial Dysfunction, Childhood Obesity
Evolution of Maternal Weight During Pregnancy and Influence on the Endothelial Function in Her Offspring
The rising worldwide prevalence of obesity and its subsequently rising incidence of concommitant diseases as diabetes and cardiovascular events impose a defiant obstacle for the health care and associated health care costs of…
- Trial name
- EFFECTOR (NCT02992106)
- Testing
- Parental questionnaires, Blood sample, Urine sample
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Metabolic Syndrome, Overweight and Obesity
Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Study
The Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Study is an observational study being conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina to investigate cardiometabolic risk parameters in obese subjects ages 4 to 21.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Overweight and Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- PMSS (NCT03570840)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 477 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Metabolic Pathology of Pediatric NAFLD
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the most common liver disease worldwide and affects nearly 40% of obese youth and up to 10% of the general pediatric population.
- Conditions
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05430178
- Testing
- Oral sugar tolerance test, De novo lipogenesis test, Gluconeogenesis test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Obesity, Severe, Pediatric Obesity
Weight Loss With Meal-Replacement Therapy in Teens
This study seeks to examine whether meal-replacement therapy is able to enhance weight loss among teens with severe obesity. In addition, we are also interested in examining the degree of weight loss needed to improve important…
- Trial name
- NCT03137433
- Testing
- Meal-replacement Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Childhood Obesity
Biofeedback Gait Retraining to Reduce Lower Extremity Impact in Obese Children
The purpose of the study is to explore if self biofeedback program can reduce ground reaction force (GRF) from the lower extremity of the body and in the knee in particular and help obese children to avoid knee injuries.
- Trial name
- NCT02580825
- Testing
- Biofeedback gait retraining, Exercise
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Childhood Obesity
Coordination of Care Between Pediatricians and Women Infants & Children Nutritionists
WEE Baby Care is a 6 month intervention that coordinates care across multiple settings- health care clinics and WIC clinics on responsive parenting practices to increase parenting competence thereby preventing infant rapid weight…
- Trial name
- WEE (NCT03482908)
- Testing
- Early healthy lifestyles, Responsive parenting curriculum, Data sharing/coordination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 289 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Childhood Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Body Composition, Fitness Levels And Quality Of Life In Overweight And Obese 8-17 Year Olds
This project will address the important area of childhood obesity and the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with obesity.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT02024399
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Childhood Obesity
Evaluation of a Commercial Gaming Impact in a Childhood Obesity Intervention
Recently, researchers have been interested in the use of game play, mechanics and psychology for health-related engagement and behavior change.
- Trial name
- NCT01757925
- Testing
- weight managment program, Active Gaming
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UnitedHealth Group
Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorder
A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity
This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices.
- Trial name
- NCT06981429
- Testing
- Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Diet Habit
"Grow Well: Addressing Childhood Obesity in Low-income Families"
This research uses community based participatory research (CBPR) to engage low-income Latinx families in research to pilot test an adapted nutrition education program compared to an existing nutrition education program.
- Trial name
- NCT05885581
- Testing
- Arm A Grow Well, Arm B Healthy Steps
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Riverside
Obesity, Childhood, Cognition
NiPPeR Randomised Trial - Child Follow Up Study
There is an increasing focus on the need to optimise nutrition, lifestyle and metabolism of parents before and during pregnancy and of the infant after birth, but as yet there is limited understanding of the specific influences…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Cognition, Neurobehavioral Manifestations, Metabolic Disturbance
- Trial name
- NiPPeR Child (NCT05934422)
- Testing
- Intervention (Study Nutritional Drink), Control (Standard Nutritional Drink)
- Where
- 3 sites in New Zealand, Singapore and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Childhood Obesity, Anemia
The Jiaxing Birth Cohort in China
The Jiaxing Birth Cohort (JBC) is the largest prospective cohort study to explore prenatal risk factors, early life feeding practice and growth pattern/ adiposity in Chinese children.Between 1999 and 2013, 338 413 mother-child…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Anemia, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy; Hypertension
- Trial name
- JBC (NCT03217656)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhejiang University
Health Status Disparities, Pediatric Obesity
Healthy Kids Beyond the Bell: Investigating the Impact of After-School and Summer Programs
Nearly one in five children are obese, and disparities in overweight and obesity between children from low- and middle-to-high-income households persist despite a multitude of school-based interventions.
- Conditions
- Health Status Disparities, Pediatric Obesity, Ethnic Group, Socioeconomic Factors
- Trial name
- NCT05880901
- Testing
- After school program, Summer day camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Diabetes, Gestational, Obesity
Maternal GDM in Hispanic Youth: Risk for Obesity
Our studies are aimed at examining effects of intrauterine exposure to GDM on metabolic risks in Hispanic children. Our primary hypothesis predicts that intrauterine exposure to GDM will be associated with one or more of three…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Gestational, Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Insulin Secretion
- Trial name
- NCT02668601
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Obesity, Childhood
African American Resilient Caregivers
The purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility of a virtual intervention to prevent child obesity and cardiovascular disease in African American families.
- Trial name
- AARC (NCT05711979)
- Testing
- AARC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
The Effects of Exenatide on Post-Meal Sugar Peaks and Vascular Health in Obese/Pre-Diabetic Young Adults
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of exenatide on daily glycemic excursions obtained by continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS).
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00845559
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University