Clinical trials: Visceral Obesity
Diabete Mellitus
Cardiovascular Disease CVD Constitutes a Significant Health Challenge for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus T2DM, Affecting Approximately 32% of This Population and Contributing Significantly to Global Mortality.Visceral Adipose Tissue VAT Accumulation Has Been Recognize
calculate cardiovascular risk scores in type 2 DM patients, then estimate its association with new visceral adipose tissue indices
- Trial name
- NCT07204782
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 238 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
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)
HIV Infections, HIV Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome
Yoga for the Management of HIV-Metabolic Syndromes
We are testing the safety and efficacy of a 16-wk yoga lifestyle intervention on oral glucose tolerance, fasting lipid/lipoprotein levels, body composition, cardiovascular function, quality of life, CD4+ T-cell counts and viral…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, HIV Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome, HIV Lipodystrophy, HIV Metabolic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00627380
- Testing
- Yoga lifestyle intervention, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity
Anthropometric Assessment of Abdominal Obesity and Health Risk in Children and Adolescents
Childhood obesity is a major public health issue, and the identification of children who are at increased risk of health problems due to their obesity is a priority for modern health care.
- Trial name
- Waist (NCT01595100)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 423 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Overweight and Obesity, Men
High-Intensity Interval Training and Fat Mass Losses
The aims of this study was to compare two isoenergetic HIIT (High-intensity Interval training) programs (cycling vs. running) on body composition, substrate oxidation at rest and during a moderate exercise, muscle functionality…
- Trial name
- RIESLING (NCT05311800)
- Testing
- Physical activity
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l'Exercice en conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques
Body Weight, Visceral Obesity
Effects of Hydroxytyrosol Administration in Anthropometric Parameters in Overweight and Obese Women
This study aims to investigate the potential effects of the administration of hydroxytyrosol, which is an extra virgin olive oil phenolic compound, in doses 15 milligrams and 5 milligrams daily versus placebo for 6 months in…
- Trial name
- NCT04317079
- Testing
- Hydroxytyrosol, Diet
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Obesity
Genetics, Metabolism and Weight Loss in Older, Obese Veterans
This study is designed to determine whether sequence variation in the lipoprotein lipase (LPQ) gene affects the amount of weight loss and metabolic responses during a hypocaloric diet treatment for overweight and obese (BMI=25-35…
- Trial name
- NCT00018330
- Testing
- Weight Loss
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Obesity, Adolescent, Obesity, Morbid
Investigation of the Effects of Different Levels of Obesity on the Respiratory System
Obesity can be defined as' a disease that occurs as a result of the energy (calorie) taken with food being more than the energy consumed and the excess energy being stored as fat in the body, negatively affecting the quality and…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Adolescent, Obesity, Morbid, Obesity, Abdominal, Obesity, Visceral
- Trial name
- NCT04780828
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Menopause
Midlife Empowerment and Longevity Through Optimizing Wellness
The goal of this observational longitudinal study is to understand how lifestyle behaviours, menopausal symptoms, and digital health data change over time in women experiencing perimenopause or menopause, and to evaluate whether…
- Trial name
- MELOW (NCT07713862)
- Testing
- MELOW
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National University Health System, Singapore
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
Obesity
The Effect of Intervention With Probiotic K56 on Body Fat Reduction in Obese Subjects
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of intervention with Lactobacillus paracasei K56 on body fat, metabolic risk markers,inflammatory markers and gut microbiota composition in obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT05192811
- Testing
- Lactobacillus paracasei K56
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Abdominal Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
ORAL ANTIDIABETICS EFFECT ON VISCERAL FAT
Weight control is an essential part of treatment for type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. Weight loss is associated with decreased haemoglobin A1c (A1c) levels.
- Trial name
- NCT05032001
- Testing
- Biguanide, DPP4 inhibitors, SGLT2 inhibitors
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Metabolic Research Unit
Diverticular Disease
DD Obesity MRI Study
In this study, our novel MRI techniques for studying the small bowel will be applied to patients with diverticular disease. The ratio of visceral to subcutaneous fat will also be determined using MRI measurements.
- Trial name
- DDOMRI (NCT02278770)
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Evaluation of Intra-Abdominal Fat in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Using a Non-Invasive Method
The main aim of this study is to compare 2 different measurements of visceral fat that can be easily used in clinical practice (waist circumference versus bioelectric impedance) in relation to known risk factors of coronary…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01283113
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Joslin Diabetes Center
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
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Fat Quantification of the Liver
Fatty liver in the obese is a common finding; some cases develop steato-hepatosis which in the long-term can lead to liver cirrhosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02682173
- Testing
- MR Abdomen
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Metabolic Syndrome
VIsceral Fat Reduction Assessed by CT-scan On RImonabAnt
Primary objective: To assess the effect of rimonabant on visceral fat area over a period of 12 months when prescribed with a mild hypocaloric diet in abdominally obese patients with metabolic syndrome Secondary objectives: To…
- Trial name
- VICTORIA (NCT00299325)
- Testing
- Rimonabant, Mild hypocaloric diet
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 254 people
- Sponsor
- Sanofi
Insulin Resistance, Insulin Sensitivity
Adaptive Immune Response in Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat: Role in Human Insulin Resistance
The proposed study is designed to test the hypothesis that in human obesity, the balance of pro- and anti-inflammatory T cells in fat tissue is in fact related to macrophage phenotype and insulin resistance, and how it is…
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Insulin Sensitivity, Obesity, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT04708535
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Obesity, Visceral
The "Metabolically-obese Normal-weight" Phenotype and Its Reversal by Calorie Restriction
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Singapore is approximately half of that in the United States, yet the incidence of type 2 diabetes is similar, and is expected to double in the near future.
- Conditions
- Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Obesity, Visceral, Obesity; Endocrine, Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT03239782
- Testing
- Calorie restriction
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
The Changes of Body Fat Distribution in Obese Patients With PCOS After LSG
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder, with a prevalence of 5% to 15% in premenopausal women. Patients with PCOS presents as abnormal menstruation, ovulation disorders and/or hyperandrogenemia, and often…
- Trial name
- NCT04690634
- Testing
- laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 153 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai 10th People's Hospital