Clinical trials: Pediatric Obesity
Childhood Obesity
Piloting a Family-Based Intervention of Time-Restricted Eating to Treat Obesity
This study will test whether managing the hours during which people eat, called time restricted eating, might help them to lose weight. For this study, one parent and a child will enroll as a group (called a dyad).
- Trial name
- NCT05107726
- Testing
- TRE Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Child Obesity
Improving Parent-Child Interactions to Enhance Child Health
Childhood obesity is a formidable public health issue in the United States, disproportionately affecting children from lower socioeconomic status households.
- Trial name
- PCIT-Health (NCT03982511)
- Testing
- PCIT-Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Michigan University
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
Healthy Homes, Healthy Habits
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether an intervention targeting healthy habit development reduces the risk and prevalence of obesity in low-income mothers and children.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Obesity; Familial
- Trial name
- HABITS (NCT03433456)
- Testing
- Home visitation + HABITS program, Standard home visitation program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Childhood Obesity
Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers - Aim 1
The goal of this project is to examine the physical activity and screen-time environment of licensed childcare centers before and after the enactment of new state regulations.
- Trial name
- Pause and Play (NCT02751788)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Childhood Obesity
Brief Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Child Body Mass Index
BMi 2 is a study that tests a behavioral counseling approach to reduce obesity in children. Practitioners (Pediatricians, Nurse Practitioners) were randomly assigned to one of three groups.
- Trial name
- BMi2 (NCT01335308)
- Testing
- Standard Care, Moderate Dose Motivational Interviewing, Higher Dose Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Obesity, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior
Study of Nutrition and Activity in Kids
While a substantial body of research suggests that RRV is related to obesity, there is very little research on factors that contribute to the RRV of food, particularly how patterns of eating can increase or decrease the…
- Trial name
- SNAK (NCT04027608)
- Testing
- Reinforcing value of HED and LED foods in response to snack food monotony
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Obesity, Adolescent
Promoting Resilience to Food Commercials Decreases Susceptibility to Unhealthy Food Decision-Making
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how food commercials influence food choices in children and their parents.
- Trial name
- NCT04905498
- Testing
- Commercial Advertising Literacy Training, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Obesity, Childhood
Competency-based Approaches to Community Health
This study is a family-centered, community-based intervention to prevent and treat childhood obesity among 3-5 year old children from undeserved communities.
- Trial name
- COACH (NCT03141151)
- Testing
- COACH: Healthy Bodies, COACH: Strong Minds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Childhood Obesity
"Mandometer®" Study for Managing Childhood Obesity
We run a successful clinic in Bristol for children with severe obesity who already demonstrate many features to suggest they are at increased risk of early diabetes and heart disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00407420
- Testing
- Mandometer, Lifestyle
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bristol
Childhood Obesity
Family Connections: Cultural Adaptation and Feasibility Testing for Rural Latino Communities
There are marked ethnic and rural-urban disparities in the prevalence of childhood obesity (CO). Among Latino/Hispanic children, CO is almost 60% higher than that of non- Latino/Hispanic Whites, and among children in rural areas…
- Trial name
- NCT04731506
- Testing
- Family Connections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Obesity, Pregnancy
Starting Pediatric Obesity Prevention in Pregnancy
The purpose of this study is to examine whether we can use social networks to spread health information and health behaviors during pregnancy to prevent excessive gestational weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT01279109
- Testing
- Social network building intervention, Home visit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Obesity, Childhood
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Topiramate for Weight Loss in Youth: PHARMATOP
Pediatric severe obesity is the fastest growing obesity category in the United States, and anti-obesity pharmacotherapies are promising adjuncts to lifestyle modification (LSM) for the treatment of this disease.
- Trial name
- PHARMATOP (NCT04986631)
- Testing
- Topiramate Tablets
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity, Childhood
Community Active and Healthy Families
To address childhood overweight disparities among Latino children in immigrant families a pilot trial of a community-based obesity treatment program, Community Active and Healthy Families (AHF), among 5-12 year old overweight and…
- Trial name
- CommunityAHF (NCT04414553)
- Testing
- Community Active and Healthy Families
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Childhood Obesity
Testing Digital Technologies to Help Families Build Healthy Habits
The current study is a randomized pilot trial to test the feasibility of a psychoeducational virtual reality experience to increase motivation for behavior change among children with overweight or obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT04845568
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Experience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
In-home Obesity Prevention to Reach Low-income Infants
Existing obesity prevention efforts have had limited success among underserved, low-income children. This study capitalizes on the strengths of a nationwide ongoing Home Visitation Program (HVP), which serves at-risk, low-income…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Obesity; Familial
- Trial name
- NCT03529695
- Testing
- Standard HVP Curriculum, Obesity Prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Obesity (Body Mass Index &Amp;Amp;gt;30 kg/m2), Screening Colonoscopy
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Adult to Pediatric Colonoscope in Obese Patients.
The goal of this study is to test which colonoscope works best in people who are above a certain body mass index. Currently, both pediatric and adult colonoscopes are accepted as standard treatments in colonoscopies.
- Trial name
- NCT06776913
- Testing
- Colonoscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people
- Sponsor
- Cleveland Clinic Florida
Obesity
Reducing Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity
In this study, we will address cost barriers to participating in summer programs and hypothesize this will lead to marked improvements in children's obesogenic behaviors and a reduction in excessive, unhealthy weight gain over…
- Trial name
- NCT04072549
- Testing
- Free Summer Programming
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 651 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
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
Childhood Obesity
Painted Playgrounds Aim 1
Painted Playgrounds Aim 1: Observation will examine the physical environment of licensed childcare centers before and after painting stencil activities (hopscotch, foursquare, fun trails, etc.) on playgrounds.
- Trial name
- NCT03890913
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Bacterial Infections, Obesity
Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Clindamycin in Pediatric Subjects With BMI ≥ 85th Percentile
The purpose of this study is to better understand how clindamycin works in children who fall in the 85th percentile or higher for body mass index (BMI - a ratio of weight to height).
- Trial name
- CLIN01 (NCT01744730)
- Testing
- Clindamycin
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Phillip Brian Smith