Clinical trials: Weight
Obesity, Childhood, Behavior, Health
Summer Youth Employment Programs for Health Promotion
The purpose of this proof-of-concept study is to assess the initial signal of effectiveness of summer youth employment programs (SYEP) on understudied obesity-related outcomes in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Behavior, Health, Healthy Lifestyle
- Trial name
- NCT07227220
- Testing
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Binge Eating, Eating Disorders in Adolescence
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Binge Eating and Loss of Control Eating
This study will develop and test a cognitive-behavioral intervention for adolescents with binge/loss-of-control eating.
- Conditions
- Binge Eating, Eating Disorders in Adolescence, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04088097
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Binge/Loss-of-Control Eating, Control Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases
Oatmeal Effect on N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamines
N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (NAPEs) and their active metabolites, N-acyl-ethanolamides (NAEs) are lipid satiety factors that are normally biosynthesized in the intestinal tract in response to food intake.
- Trial name
- NAPE (NCT03468179)
- Testing
- Oatmeal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pre-diabetes
Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) With a Low Carbohydrate Diet to Reduce Weight in Patients With Pre-Diabetes
This study will recruit pre-diabetic patients to see if continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with a low carbohydrate diet can reduce the percentage of time the CGM readings are above the normal range.
- Trial name
- NCT03695913
- Testing
- Normal Diet, Low carb diet, CGM with no real time feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Amlexanox for Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
This study involves the use of a research drug, Amlexanox, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Amlexanox is taken orally in a pill three times a day.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01842282
- Testing
- Amlexanox
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Obesity
Retrospective Chart Review of the 5 & 2 & 2 and 4 & 2 & 1 Plans
The purpose of this study is to retrospectively and systematically review records of overweight and obese Medifast Weight Control Center (MWCC) members who have been assigned to the 5 \& 2 \& 2 Plan or the 4 \& 2 \& 1 Plan for…
- Trial name
- NCT02150837
- Testing
- 5 & 2 & 2 Plan, 4 & 2 & 1 Plan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 372 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medifast, Inc.
Abdominal Obesity
Multi-component Workplace Energy Balance Intervention
The purpose of the WorkACTIVE-P study is to assess the outcome of an innovative multi-component intervention focused on increasing energy expenditure and re-balancing the disrupted energy balance equation of sedentary workplaces…
- Trial name
- WorkACTIVE-P (NCT02561611)
- Testing
- Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Childhood Obesity
A Cluster Randomized Trial of the H2GO! Program
This proposal involves a collaboration with the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs. The goal is to evaluate the efficacy of youth empowerment intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on childhood…
- Trial name
- NCT04265794
- Testing
- H2GO!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 820 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Obesity
Individualized Obesity Pharmacotherapy
The researchers are trying to identify the specific characteristics (phenotypes) that may be useful to help select the right medication for weight loss.
- Trial name
- NCT03374956
- Testing
- Phentermine-Topiramate, Liraglutide, Naltrexone/bupropion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Obesity, Childhood
Group Telehealth Weight Management Visits for Adolescents With Obesity
Summary Description The goal of this intervention study is to test how well does a weight management curriculum work in virtual group-based medical visits (telehealth) for the treatment of adolescents with obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT03508622
- Testing
- Telehealth group sessions, Empower clinic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Hypertension
Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren HCTZ vs Ramipril in Obese Patients (BMI ≥ 30) With Stage 2 Hypertension
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) vs Ramipril in Obese patients (BMI ≥ 30) with Stage 2 Hypertension
- Trial name
- ATTAIN (NCT00772577)
- Testing
- Aliskiren Hydrochlorothiazide, Ramipril
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 386 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Obesity, Endothelial Dysfunction
Effects of Body Mass Index on the Hyperemic Response to Regadenoson
We will test the hypothesis that a single dose of Regadenoson will produce equivalent degrees of coronary hyperemia in patients of widely different body size.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Endothelial Dysfunction, Decreased Vascular Flow
- Trial name
- NCT00859833
- Testing
- Adenosine, Regadenoson
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Abdominal Obesity
The Effects of Chiropractic in a Population With High Central Adiposity
Since 1980, the global prevalence of obesity, commonly defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, has doubled. Importantly, high levels of central adiposity (i.e., abdominal fat) is associated with numerous PNI-related…
- Trial name
- OBE (NCT06208163)
- Testing
- Chiropractic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Life University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer
Online WIC Nutrition Education to Promote Farmers' Market Fruit and Vegetable Purchases and Consumption
This study is evaluating the WIC Fresh Start program, a theory-driven, web-based nutrition education lesson to promote farmers' market fruit and vegetable purchases and consumption among women enrolled in the Special Supplemental…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT02565706
- Testing
- WIC Fresh Start Program, Existing Online Health Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 744 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Paterson University of New Jersey
Obesity
Adipokines in Obese Adolescents With Insulin Resistance
The purpose of this study is to compare serum concentrations of inflammatory cytokines, interleukin 6 (IL-6), High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), adiponectin, and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), before and after…
- Trial name
- NCT01410604
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- 2 sites in Mexico
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajio
Frailty
Ghrelin in Healthy and Frail Older Women
The purpose of this research study is to see if giving women a hormone called "ghrelin" will increase levels of growth hormone in the blood and increase appetite.
- Trial name
- NCT00520884
- Testing
- Ghrelin Infusion - Healthy, Ghrelin Infusion - Frail
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Lung Cancer, Malnutrition
Medical Nutrition Therapy or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, or Stage III or Stage IV Prostate Cancer
This is a two-part study. Part I is an observational study. Part II is a randomized clinical trial to see how well medical nutrition therapy works compared with standard care in treating patients with lung cancer, pancreatic…
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Malnutrition, Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00769652
- Testing
- Medical nutrition therapy, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Obesity
Oral Amino Acid Nutrition to Improve Glucose Excursions in PCOS
The Investigators will measure hepatic glucose and fat metabolism in obese girls with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and hepatic steatosis (HS) after taking 4 weeks of an essential amino acid (EAA) supplement or placebo and…
- Conditions
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Obesity, Hepatic Steatosis
- Trial name
- ORANGE (NCT03717935)
- Testing
- Essential Amino Acid (EAA) Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Healthy, Obesity
Break It Up: A Study Evaluating Breaking Up Daily Sedentary Behavior in Youth
Background: Some studies have found that people can better process sugars when they take walking breaks. Studies have also found that children's attention and memory may improve after exercise.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT03223649
- Testing
- Walking Bouts, Sedentary
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Morbid Obesity
Usefulness and Safeness Of Intra-Gastric Balloon Before Bariatric Surgery In Morbid Obesity
Introduction: bariatric surgery shows an important morbidity and there are some reports that have used preoperative intragastric-balloons (IGB-BIB®) to decrease surgical morbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT01998243
- Testing
- Intragastric Balloon (IGB), group A, diet, control group B
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Severo Ochoa
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