Clinical trials: Prevention of Weight Gain
Obesity, Weight Gain
Effectiveness Trial of a Dissonance-Based Obesity Prevention Program
Obesity is a major US public health problem. Few obesity prevention programs have reduced risk for weight gain over follow-up and those that have are very intensive, making dissemination difficult and costly.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Gain, Eating Disorders
- Trial name
- Project Health (NCT01680224)
- Testing
- Healthy Weight, Project Health
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 364 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
Overweight Adolescents, Overweight
Pilot Program for Targeted Prevention of Child or Adolescent Weight Gain
This study will examine whether family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) is an effective tool for helping pre-adolescent girls and boys at risk for become obese to reduce weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT00263536
- Testing
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Weight-Gain Prevention
A Two-Week Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Mifepristone in the Prevention of Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain
This is a two-week study testing the efficacy and safety of mifepristone in the prevention of olanzapine-induced weight gain in healthy male volunteers by measuring changes in body weight and BMI.
- Trial name
- NCT00455442
- Testing
- Mifepristone
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corcept Therapeutics
Retirement, Weight Gain
A Physical Activity and Diet Program to Prevent Accumulation of Abdominal Fat Mass in Recently Retired Men and Women
Advancing age in itself is associated with changes in body composition. However, during transitional life stages, such as retirement, detrimental changes on diet and physical activity may occur.
- Trial name
- NCT00122213
- Testing
- Behavior change on physical activity and diet
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Prevention, Weight Gain
Prevention of Weight Gain in University Students
This study assess whether a small-group seminar intervention to prevent weight gain is effective in a general university student population, and to address the relative role of biological vs.
- Trial name
- PGP2 (NCT00995462)
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention seminars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 319 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marie-France Hivert
Overweight, Children
Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain by Discouraging Students From Drinking Sodas
The purpose of this study was to encourage students to reduce soft drinks intake, substituting it by water, in order to prevent and control overweight prevalence.
- Trial name
- NCT02653352
- Testing
- Lifestyle modification
- Volunteers
- 1,140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
Healthy
A 4-week Study of Mifepristone in the Prevention of Risperidone-induced Weight Gain in Healthy Male Volunteers
This is a 28-day, single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled inpatient study of the administration of risperidone alone or in combination with mifepristone in healthy adult male volunteers to determine the average change in…
- Trial name
- NCT00698022
- Testing
- Risperidone, Mifepristone
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corcept Therapeutics
Kidney Transplant; Complications, Obesity
The wEight Management in Renal Transplant Online Study (ExeRTiOn)
The primary aim of this project is to create an online weight management tool (Physical activity, weight management and cognitive behavioral therapy) to prevent significant weight gain following kidney transplantation.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant; Complications, Obesity, Physical Activity, Weight Gain
- Trial name
- ExeRTiOn (NCT03699059)
- Testing
- ExeRTiOn
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Pregnancy, Excessive Weight Gain
Effect of Regular Exercise in Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy
Background: Use of variable definitions of exercise and disparate results, emphasize the need of proper randomized controlled trials examining the relationship between physical activity and weight development during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT00617149
- Testing
- Supervised exercise for the prevention high weight gain
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Obesity
Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention in Low Income WIC Women
This study will examine the effects of an online behavioral intervention to promote weight loss in low income postpartum women in the WIC program.
- Trial name
- NCT01408147
- Testing
- Online postpartum weight control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 371 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Obesity, Weight Gain
Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Watch Your Weight During Holidays Program for the Prevention of Body Weight Gain in Mexican Adults.
Obesity is the main risk factor for the development of chronic-degenerative diseases in Mexico. Due to the difficulty of treating obesity, prevention is urgently needed.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Gain, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT05580926
- Testing
- Watch your Weight During Holidays, Control Group (minimal intervention)
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rolando Giovanni Díaz Zavala
Healthy Volunteers
Weight Gain Prevention in Adolescents and Young Adults
The investigators believe they key to effective prevention of obesity is early identification of individuals at high risk of excess weight gain and proactive implementation of a comprehensive approach including lifestyle-based…
- Trial name
- NCT06905626
- Testing
- Qsymia 7.5 miligrams (mg)-46 mg Extended Release Capsule
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy, First Trimester, Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy With Baby Delivered
Early Prevention of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Using Lifestyle Change
Nutrition and exercise behaviour change programs can prevent excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG). The Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) is a previously published two-behaviour change program which…
- Conditions
- Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy, First Trimester, Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy With Baby Delivered, Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NELIP (NCT02804061)
- Testing
- NELIP
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Weight Gain, Obesity
Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults
The purpose of the present study is to determine whether weight gain may be prevented by a small group seminar-based two-year educational intervention on healthy lifestyle in freshmen at the Faculté de médecine de l'Université de…
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT00306449
- Testing
- Small group seminar-based educational intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Obesity, Body Weight Changes
Prevention of Weight Gain
The purpose of this study is to test methods for preventing weight gain in normal-weight and overweight women aged 25 through 44.
- Trial name
- NCT00011102
- Testing
- Weight Gain Prevention for Women Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Obesity, Growth
Prevention of Overweight in Infancy
Obesity is one of the biggest threats to health in the 21st century. Rapid weight gain in the first year of life tends to lead to overweight in children, which in turn leads to overweight in adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Growth, Sleep
- Trial name
- POInz (NCT00892983)
- Testing
- FAB, Sleep
- Where
- New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Otago
Weight Gain
Study of Novel Approaches for Prevention
The Study of Novel Approaches for Prevention (SNAP) is randomized trial designed to test whether behavioral interventions based on self-regulation can prevent weight gain in young adults (18-35 years; body mass index (BMI) 21-30…
- Trial name
- SNAP (NCT01183689)
- Testing
- Small Behavior Changes, Large Behavior Changes
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 599 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Overweight, Obesity
The Healthy Start Project: Primary Prevention of Overweight in Preschool Children Susceptible to Future Overweight
Obesity prevention should remain a priority, although there is some evidence of a possible leveling off in some age groups across European countries and in USA, Japan and Australia.
- Trial name
- NCT01583335
- Testing
- Lifestyle habits, including sleep and stress
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Obesity, Weight Gain
Role of Dairy Products in Weight Maintenance
The goal of the current study is to determine the role of dairy in similarly preventing weight and fat re-gain in obese adults who have successfully completed a weight loss diet program.240 obese subjects will undergo a…
- Trial name
- NCT00686426
- Testing
- Dairy Foods
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 338 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Testing the Feasibility and Preliminary Effect of Summer Camp
This pilot randomized controlled trial was designed to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of randomizing children, ages 6-12 years from two low-income communities in Rhode Island, to attend a summer day camp (CAMP)…
- Trial name
- NCT04085965
- Testing
- Boys and Girls Club summer day camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital