Clinical trials: Visceral Fat
Obesity
Study of Efficacy of a Probiotic and Postbiotic in Overweight and Obese Individuals
The study's main objective is to investigate the effect of a probiotic (live bacteria), postbiotic (heat-treated bacteria) on obesity parameters.
- Trial name
- Obelix (NCT05440630)
- Testing
- Probiotics, Postbiotic
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
Sperm Quality, Obesity
Obesity With Sperm Quality in Men With Fertility Need
This study aims to investigate the impact of different types of obesity on sperm quality. Participants will be divided into three groups: a normal BMI group, an obese group without pudendal fat wrapping the testicles, and an…
- Conditions
- Sperm Quality, Obesity, Sex Hormones, Visceral Fat
- Trial name
- NCT06353880
- Testing
- Participants will be categorized into three groups based on BMI and the presence of pudendal fat deposition.
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yu xiaowei
Obesity, Periodontitis
Gingival Crevicular Fluid Vaspin and Omentin Levels in Obese Patients With Chronic Periodontitis
Our objective in this case-control intervention study, therefore, was to explore the effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on the GCF levels of vaspin and omentin in patients with chronic periodontitis in order to determine…
- Trial name
- NCT02563171
- Testing
- non surgical periodontal treatment, Gingival crevicular fluid collection
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umut BALLI
Obesity, Visceral Obesity
Nutrition and Energy Restriction for Cancer Prevention
This study evaluates the effect of intermittent calorie restriction versus continued calorie restriction on weight loss, gene expression profile of subcutaneous adipose tissue and abdominal fat distribution.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Visceral Obesity, Weight Loss, Metabolic Diseases
- Trial name
- HELENA (NCT02449148)
- Testing
- Calorie Restriction
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- German Cancer Research Center
Postmenopause
AFTER: Altering Fat Through Estrogen and Raloxifene
The purpose of this study is to determine whether estrogens specifically promote a reduction in fat from abdominal regions during weight loss and/or prevent the accumulation of abdominal fat during weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT00149604
- Testing
- conjugated estrogens, Raloxifene, exercise plus mild caloric restriction for weight loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Abdominal Obesity
Physical Activity in Youth: Implications for Reversing Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
In this randomized controlled trial, we will examine the effect of a 3-month exercise training (aerobic exercise versus resistance exercise) without calorie restriction on total and regional adiposity, and risk of type 2 diabetes…
- Trial name
- NCT00739180
- Testing
- Control, Resistance Exercise, Aerobic exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Obesity
Cross Calibration of Two Dual Energy Densitometers and Comparison of Regional Adipose Tissue Measurements by iDXA and MRI
Background: It is important for doctors to know how much fat a person has in his or her body. Machines called DXAs measure how much fat mass and fat-free mass a person has.
- Trial name
- NCT02346474
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Obesity, Back Pain
Relation Between Muscle Mass, Total Body Fat, Visceral Fat, Waist Hip Ratio and Sleeping Hours in Patient With Nonspecific Back Pain
Objective: To find out if there are a relation between muscle mass, total body fat, visceral fat, waist hip ratio and sleeping hours in patient with nonspecific back pain. Design: Cross sectional study.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Back Pain, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT06475092
- Testing
- Tanita device
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ahram Canadian University
Obesity
Reduction in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Men: Separate Effects of Diet- and Exercise-Induced Weight Loss
The purpose of the trial was to examine the independent effects of equivalent diet- or exercise-induced weight loss on obesity and related cardiovascular health risk factors.
- Trial name
- NCT00664547
- Testing
- Diet Weight Loss, Exercise Weight Loss, Exercise Without Weight Loss
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, Visceral
Extreme Exercise and Energy Expenditure (4E) Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to provide evidence, through an extreme exercise prescription (1,144 km of road cycling on seven consecutive days), that weight loss is not the appropriate outcome to evaluate the effects of…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, Visceral, Liver Fat, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05895916
- Testing
- High-volume road cycling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, University Laval
Obesity, Overweight
Impact of Almond Supplementation on Body Composition in Overweight/Obese Minority Adults
The purpose of this study is to determine whether introducing almonds into the diet of overweight and obese Blacks and Hispanics improves body composition, decreases liver fat, and lowers cardiovascular disease profile.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Fatty Liver, Metabolic Syndrome X
- Trial name
- NCT02347007
- Testing
- Almond, Cereal Bar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Visceral Fat, Liver Dysfunction
Weight Loss Effect on Circulating Liver Enzymes
To investigate weight loss effect with mild calorie restriction on circulating levels of liver enzymes in nondiabetic and overweight subjects with high visceral fat area [visceral fat area (VFA) at L4 ≥ 100 cm²].
- Trial name
- NCT02992639
- Testing
- Control group, Weight loss group
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Abdominal Obesity, Physical Activity
Physical Activity in Overweight Girls: Implications for Reversing Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
In this randomized controlled trial, we will examine the effect of a 3-month exercise training (aerobic exercise versus resistance exercise) without calorie restriction on total and regional adiposity, ectopic fat in the liver…
- Trial name
- NCT01323088
- Testing
- Control, Resistance Exercise, Aerobic exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
HIV Infections, Healthy
Metabolism and Body Shape of Healthy Children and Children With Chronic Infections
Some HIV-infected adults develop lipodystrophy that includes significant changes in body shape, with fat losses in the face, arms and legs, and fat gain in the trunk.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Healthy, Hyperlipidemia, Lipodystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT00001142
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 185 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Adipose Visceral and Epicardial Risk Evaluation
The goal of this procedure-based interventional study without drugs or devices is to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolically unfavorable obesity and related clinical phenotypes, in order to identify…
- Trial name
- AVERE (NCT07504679)
- Testing
- Peripheral blood sampling
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Intra-Abdominal Fat
The Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Study II
Intermittent energy restriction (IER) may have important advantages over daily energy restriction (DER) in producing sustained weight loss and reducing cancer risk.
- Trial name
- (HDLS2) (NCT05132686)
- Testing
- IER+MED, MED/DER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Effects of Exercise on Abdominal Obesity and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
The investigators will randomize abdominally obese men and women at increased health risk to one of the following 4 conditions: 1) No-exercise, wait list controls (C), 2) Low volume, low intensity exercise (LVLI), 3) High volume…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00955071
- Testing
- Exercise: LVLI, Exercise: HVLI, Exercise: LVHI
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Anorexia Nervosa, Metabolic Syndrome
Does Metabolic Syndrome Exist in Anorexia Nervosa?
The purpose of this study is to examine whether body fat distribution changes that occur with weight gain in women recovering from anorexia nervosa are transient or persistent, and if they are associated with other features of…
- Trial name
- NCT00271921
- Testing
- Calorie controlled diet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Visceral Fat, Fatty Liver
Visceral Abdominal Fat, Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases and Asymptomatic Coronary Atherosclerosis
Visceral fat or peri-omental fat is increasingly associated with metabolic syndrome, a condition carrying a high risk of coronary artery disease. The independent role of Visceral Fat in cardiovascular risk remains unclear.
- Conditions
- Visceral Fat, Fatty Liver, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography
- Trial name
- NCT01282892
- Testing
- excess of visceral fat, patients with NAFLD
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ziv Hospital
Obesity
South Asian Yoga and Exercise Trial
South Asians have one of the highest rates of heart disease of all populations and a unique and deleterious obesity phenotype of increased body fat and inner-abdominal compared to those of European background.
- Trial name
- SAYET (NCT01766453)
- Testing
- Standard Exercise, Bhangra dance exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simon Fraser University