Clinical trials: Weight Changes
Obesity, Weight Loss
Project Activate: Mindfulness and Acceptance Based Behavioral Treatment for Weight Loss
Mindfulness and Acceptance based Behavioral Therapies (MABTs) are among the most promising behavioral approaches for obesity, with two recent large trials showing that they achieve better initial weight loss and/or better weight…
- Trial name
- Activate (NCT04337619)
- Testing
- Behavioral Treatment, Willingness, Values
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 276 people
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
PreDiabetes, Weight Loss
The National Diabetes Prevention Program in Rural Communities
The purpose of this pilot trial is to compare feasibility and effectiveness of remote delivery (social media or video conferencing) of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (N-DPP) to adults in rural communities.
- Conditions
- PreDiabetes, Weight Loss, Lifestyle Risk Reduction
- Trial name
- Rural NDPP (NCT05387434)
- Testing
- Diabetes Prevention Program-Remote (DPP-R), Diabetes Prevention Program-Facebook (DPP-FB)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Obesity, Weight Loss
Saxenda in Obesity Services (STRIVE Study)
A two year, parallel, two group, open-label, real-world randomised controlled trial (RCT) design for subjects with severe and complex obesity who are referred to a Tier 3 or equivalent specialist weight management/obesity…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- STRIVE (NCT03036800)
- Testing
- Saxenda, Specialist Obesity Management Services
- Where
- 5 sites in Ireland, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 392 people
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Obesity
Maintenance-Tailored Obesity Treatment
This study is a randomized clinical trial comparing state-of-the-art, standard behavior therapy for weight loss (SBT) with a maintenance tailored treatment (MTT) with varied behavioral prescriptions, goals, and formats over time.
- Trial name
- LIFE (NCT00670462)
- Testing
- Standard Behavioral Treatment (SBT), Maintenance-Tailored Treatment (MTT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 213 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Pediatric Obesity
Quincy Family, Youth & Technology For Lifestyle Change (FYT-4-LIFE) Study
To date, approaches that show the most promise for preventing and/or reversing the course of childhood obesity involve the delivery of intensive lifestyle interventions within a family-based context, emphasizing the necessity of…
- Trial name
- QFYT (NCT02324361)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Evidence-based information on healthy family routines
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Overweight and Obesity
Neurocognitive Benefits of a Weight Management Program
This study will assess whether weight loss induced through diet and physical activity can change neural responses to high- and low-calorie food images.
- Trial name
- NCT04202133
- Testing
- WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Waitlist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Weight Loss
Rural Disparities in Pediatric Obesity: The iAmHealthy Intervention
The purpose of this study is to learn if providing a family-based group program using mobile health technology (iAmHealthy Healthy Lifestyles Program) is effective at improving child weight, nutrition, and physical activity.
- Trial name
- NCT03304249
- Testing
- iAmHealthy Healthy Lifestyles Program, Newsletter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Obesity, Mental Disorders, Severe
Adapted ACHIEVE Curriculum for Community Mental Health Settings
In light of the obesity epidemic in persons with serious mental illness (SMI), there is an urgent need to scale-up behavioral interventions that have demonstrated efficacy in the clinical trial setting such as the intervention in…
- Trial name
- NCT03999892
- Testing
- ACHIEVE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obesity, Weight Gain, Maternal
Using Mental Imagination to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women
Moms Are Worth It is a lifestyle behavior intervention study aims to prevent excessive gestational weight gain in overweight or obese pregnant women through promotion of the stress management, healthy eating, and physical…
- Trial name
- MAWI (NCT04623008)
- Testing
- Goal-Oriented Episodic Future Thinking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Weight Gain
Strategies to Reduce Antipsychotic-Associated Weight Gain in Youth
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine whether starting metformin in conjunction with a second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) and providing information about healthy eating and activity will prevent or reduce the amount…
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT00617240)
- Testing
- metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cardiovascular Disease, Childhood Obesity
PREVENT Tool Study: Late Effects Clinic
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a novel, Health Information Technology behavior change tool in a single clinic setting.
- Trial name
- NCT04530825
- Testing
- Wait-List Control, PREVENT Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Weight Loss
The Personalized Nutrition Study
A person's genetic code is believed to affect how much weight he/she will lose during diets that vary in carbohydrate and dietary fat content.
- Trial name
- POINTS (NCT04145466)
- Testing
- High-fat diet, High-carbohydrate diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Advanced Cancer, Cachexia
Multimodal Treatment Strategy for Cancer Cachexia
The primary aim of this proposal is to present a novel, multimodal treatment strategy for increasing lean body mass in individuals with cancer who experience cachexia between baseline and day 29 (+/- 3 days).
- Trial name
- NCT00625742
- Testing
- Graded Resistance Training, Aerobic Exercise, Melatonin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Neurodegenerative Disease, Weight Loss
Electronic-health Application To Measure Outcomes REmotely Clinical Trial
This is a phase II feasibility, safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy study of an e-Health application versus in-person nutritional counseling to maintain or increase weight in patients with neurodegenerative diseases…
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Disease, Weight Loss, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease
- Trial name
- EAT MORE (NCT02418546)
- Testing
- In-Person Nutritional Counseling by a Registered Dietitian, Nutritional counseling using an e-Health Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity, Diabetes
Calorie Restriction and Changes in Body Composition, Disease, Function, and Quality of Life in Older Adults
The investigators want to determine if the benefits of weight loss outweigh the potential risk in a group of older adults. The investigators will test the hypothesis that changes in diet composition alone or in conjunction with…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- CROSSROADS (NCT00955903)
- Testing
- Exercise, Reduced Calorie Diet, Weight Maintenance Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gestational Weight Gain
A Mobile Health Intervention to Achieve Appropriate Gestational Weight Gain in Overweight/Obese Women
The aim of this trial is to investigate the effectiveness of a mobile health (mhealth) intervention to help overweight and obese women achieve appropriate gestational weight gain (GWG) for their pre-pregnancy body mass index…
- Trial name
- NCT03880461
- Testing
- Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,335 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Arterial Embolization, Other Surgical Procedures
Gastric Artery Embolization Trial for Lessening Appetite Nonsurgically
The purpose of this pilot study is to achieve the collection of safety and efficacy data in patients undergoing left gastric artery embolization for morbid obesity in the United States.
- Conditions
- Arterial Embolization, Other Surgical Procedures, Obesity
- Trial name
- GETLEAN (NCT02248688)
- Testing
- BeadBlock 300 - 500 Micron, Left Gastric Artery Embolization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dayton Interventional Radiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A Study to Compare a New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes to Placebo and to a Treatment Already Available for Type 2 Diabetes
The main purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the study drug known as LY2944876 to exenatide extended-release and placebo in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Trial name
- NCT02119819
- Testing
- LY2944876, Exenatide extended-release, Metformin
- Where
- 51 sites in United States, Greece and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- OPKO Health, Inc.
Obesity, Impaired Glucose Tolerance
The Effect of Exenatide on Weight and Hunger in Obese, Healthy Women
This study will look at the effect of exenatide, a drug which has been approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, on body weight, appetite and energy expenditure among moderately obese women without diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT00456885
- Testing
- exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Weight Loss, Obesity
Charge: A Text Messaging-based Weight Loss Intervention
This study evaluates different versions of a text messaging-based app for weight loss. This study will place participants to 1 of 32 experimental conditions that reflect different texting components and levels.
- Trial name
- NCT03254940
- Testing
- Charge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 534 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University