Clinical trials: Wasting Syndrome
HIV Lipodystrophy
Combination of Insulin Sensitizer and Leptin as Treatment for the HAART -Induced Metabolic Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with HIV lipodystrophy (fat wasting) benefit from taking the combination of two drugs, one insulin sensitizer (either metformin or pioglitazone, both diabetes drugs) and…
- Trial name
- NCT00362440
- Testing
- Leptin, Pioglitazone or metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Intensive Care (ICU) Myopathy
Intermittent Versus Continuous Feeding in ICU Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether intermittent nasogastric enteral feeding, rather than conventional continuous enteral feeding, will preserve muscle mass in the critically ill (Primary end-point).
- Trial name
- NCT02358512
- Testing
- Enteral feeding
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 127 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Idiopathic Hypercalciuria, Hypokalemia Caused by Thiazide Diuretics
Spironolactone to Decrease Potassium Wasting in Hypercalciurics on Thiazides Diuretics
Kidney stone formation due to an excess of calcium in the urine is a common problem. It is treated with thiazide diuretics. These drugs often cause excessively low blood potassium levels that in turn require large doses of…
- Trial name
- NCT00276289
- Testing
- Spironolactone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Chronic Kidney Diseases, Protein Energy Wasting
Intra Dialytic Parenteral Nutrition and Nutritional Gap Nutritional Gap Identified by Indirect Calorimetry
Renal failure is a relevant condition as the incidence of patients treated with intermittent dialysis continues to grow each year. One of the strongest predictors of mortality in these patients is Protein-Energy Wasting (PEW).
- Trial name
- DiaPaNIC (NCT05568914)
- Testing
- Indirect Calorimetry, Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), Nutritional assessments
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
COPD
Does Muscle Wasting Always Mean Muscle Weakness? A Prevalence Study in COPD
Peripheral muscle mass and strength are relevant indicators of COPD survival. Current guidelines recommend to assess muscle strength only in muscle wasted patients.
- Trial name
- M2W (NCT02080936)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- 5 Santé
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Bronchial Carcinoma
Effect of an Antioxidant on Cancer-Cachectic Patients Undergoing Exercise Training
The purpose of the study is to tests the hypothesis, that N-acetylcysteine (a thiol-antioxidant)improves the exercise training effect on cancer patients that experience weight loss (cachexia) as assessed by muscle mass and…
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Bronchial Carcinoma, Hodgkin Disease, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00196885
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- German Cancer Research Center
Chronic Kidney Hospitalized
Wasting in Chronic Kidney Disease
Protein energy wasting is an independent factor associated with morbi-mortality in chronic kidney disease. Wasting is particularly common in chronic diseases of organs such as kidney disease with a major impact at the stage of…
- Trial name
- PEW (NCT03135717)
- Testing
- Nutritional care
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Sarcopenia, Kidney Transplantation
Muscle Ultrasound for Sarcopenia Assessment in Kidney Transplant Recipients
This is a single-center prospective observational study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of multimodal muscle ultrasound for the assessment of sarcopenia in kidney transplant recipients.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Kidney Transplantation, Muscle Wasting
- Trial name
- KT-SARC (NCT07607236)
- Testing
- Muscle Ultrasound
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
Sepsis, Cardiac Arrest
Thigh Muscle Mass and Muscle Wasting in Patients in the Emergency Department
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate whether thigh muscle mass and muscle wasting are associated with mortality in patients who visit the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Cardiac Arrest, Acute Respiratory Failure, Patients Who Visit Emergency Department
- Trial name
- NCT05978154
- Testing
- Thigh muscle mass and muscle wasting (exposure)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Korea University Ansan Hospital
Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cachexia
CKD Cachexia and Gut Microbiome
Cachexia is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Cachexia is a complex syndrome, in which inflammation and retention of uremic toxins are two main…
- Trial name
- DYNAMICA (NCT06986265)
- Testing
- Collection of clinical data and biological sampling
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 157 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Sarcopenia
Effects of L-ARGinine and Liposomal Vitamin C Supplementation On Physical Performance
In older age, reduced mobility is associated with an increased risk of reduced quality of life, disability, institutionalisation, and death, as well as increased healthcare expenditures.
- Trial name
- ARGO (NCT06865261)
- Testing
- Bioarginina C
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Stunting, Wasting
Complementary Food Supplements for Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
The purpose of this study is to test the impact on child growth of three specially formulated complementary food supplements vs. Plumpy'Doz, a previously tested, commercially available complementary food, and vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01562379
- Testing
- Wheat Soy Blend (WSB++), Chickpea based complementary food supplement, Rice based complementary food supplement
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Body Composition, Nutritional Wasting
The Effects Nutrition Status and Body Composition on HD Patients' Outcome
A prospective long-term follow up of hemodialysis (HD) patients' outcome correlates with nutritional status and body composition.
- Conditions
- Body Composition, Nutritional Wasting, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT01945320
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
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
Muscular Atrophy
LPD+α-ketoacids on Autophagy and Improving Muscle Wasting in CKD
To investigate the effects of different dietary regimens on muscle wasting, insulin/IGF-1 resistance. Further, to explore whether LPD+KA decrease the activation of autophagy associate with insulin/IGF-1 pathway.
- Trial name
- NCT02568020
- Testing
- keto-amino acids
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- YUAN Wei-jie
Critical Illness, Muscle Wasting
Acute Skeletal Muscle Wasting and Relation to Physical Function in Patients Requiring ECMO
The purpose of this study is to describe the changes in quadriceps muscle size and quality over the first 10 days on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) using ultrasound imaging.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Muscle Wasting, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Trial name
- NCT03026985
- Testing
- Observational cohort
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- The Alfred
Underweight, Stunted Growth
Effects of Multiple-micronutrients Supplementation on Growth and Iron Status of Indigenous Children in Malaysia
Child undernutrition is largely attributed to inadequate nutrition including micronutrient deficiency. Undernutrition is prevalent among indigenous children as compared to the general population.
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunted Growth, Wasting, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT04561635
- Testing
- Multiple-micronutrients supplement
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Cancer-associated Cachexia
Visugromab in Cachexia International Trial
A study of how well and safely a new drug called visugromab works in people with certain kinds of cancer (including lung and bowel cancer) and unintended weight loss known as cachexia.
- Trial name
- VINCIT (NCT07112196)
- Testing
- Visugromab (CTL-002)
- Where
- 74 sites in United States, Bulgaria and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 518 people
- Sponsor
- CatalYm GmbH
Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Malnutrition, Child
Increasing the Coverage of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Treatment in Ethiopia
The R-SWITCH intervention aims to address the low coverage of treatment for severe wasting (SAM) by leveraging existing community groups to deliver an integrated package focused on prevention, screening, referral, and treatment…
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Malnutrition, Child, Wasting
- Trial name
- R-SWITCH (NCT06380504)
- Testing
- R-SWITCH integrated intervention package
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Critical Illness, Acute Kidney Injury
Skeletal Muscle Wasting and Renal Dysfunction After Critical Illness Trauma - Outcomes Study
This study aims to determine changes in kidney function during and after critical illness, comparing conventional creatinine based methods with the gold standard to accurately establish the presence of new or worsened chronic…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Acute Kidney Injury, Muscle Loss, Major Trauma
- Trial name
- KRATOS (NCT03736005)
- Testing
- Exposure of significant critical illness
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London