Clinical trials: Weight Loss
Malnutrition
Prevention of Weight Loss in Long Term Care Veterans
Background: Numerous studies have shown that many LTC residents receive inadequate staff assistance with eating, which places them at risk for under-nutrition, dehydration and weight loss.
- Trial name
- NCT00841412
- Testing
- Immediate Intervention Group, Delayed Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Obesity, Overweight
Effectiveness Between Nutritional Counseling Monthly Phone Call Versus Self Help Informative Booklet
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the most effectiveness between a personalized nutritional program with a counseling monthly phone call Versus personalized nutritional program with self help Informative Booklet in a group…
- Trial name
- NCT01602965
- Testing
- Counseling Monthly Phone Calls, Self Help Informative Booklet
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Changes in Ectopic Fat Following Surgically Induced Weight Loss
This study evaluates how ectopic fat (in the pancreas, heart, liver and skeletal muscle), visceral fat, and subcutaneous fat changes following surgically induced weight loss using gastric banding.
- Trial name
- NCT00840307
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Obesity
Peer Support for Weight Loss Maintenance
The primary aim of this study is to test the efficacy of patient-provided treatment for weight-loss maintenance.
- Trial name
- NCT03396653
- Testing
- Peer-delivered Weight Maintenance, Professionally-Delivered Weight Maintenance
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 849 people
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Overweight, Obese
Internet Treatment for Weight Loss in Primary Care
This study will test the effectiveness of two distinct treatments for weight loss: 1. Motivational Interviewing 2. Nutritional Counseling. These treatments will be compared to Treatment as Usual.
- Trial name
- NCT01558297
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing, Nutritional Counseling, Treatment as usual with primary care physician
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Coronary Heart Disease, Obesity
Alternate Day Fasting for Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance and Cardio-protection
The proposed research will demonstrate that alternate day modified fasting (ADMF) is a suitable alternative to daily calorie restriction (CR) for weight loss, weight maintenance, and heart disease prevention.
- Conditions
- Coronary Heart Disease, Obesity, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- NCT00960505
- Testing
- Alternate day fasting, Calorie restriction, Control diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Obesity
Vestibular Stimulation to Trigger Adipose Loss (VeSTAL) Clinical Trial
A randomized, double blind sham controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS), combined with a lifestyle modification program, compared to a sham control and a lifestyle modification…
- Trial name
- VeSTAL (NCT03640286)
- Testing
- VeSTAL
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neurovalens Ltd.
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Weight Loss, Diet Modification
Helping Moms to be Healthy After Baby
Low-income and minority women are at increased risk for postpartum weight retention (i.e. retaining weight after pregnancy) and consequent persistent obesity.
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Diet Modification, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03257657
- Testing
- Observation Group participants, Lifestyle group participants
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Obesity
Incisionless Treatment for Patients With Inadequate Weight Loss Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
It is estimated that up to 20% of patients who have Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) surgery will not meet their weight loss goal, or may even regain some of the weight they initially lost.
- Trial name
- NCT00394212
- Testing
- Transoral Suturing
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- C. R. Bard
Weight, Physical Activity
A Virtual Support Pilot Program for Weight Loss Surgery Patients
Obesity affects over one-third of the US population, and is associated with serious medical problems like diabetes and heart disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01770366
- Testing
- Weight and Exercise Lifestyle Support (WELS), Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Pediatric Obesity, Mobile Technology
An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching
The proposed multi-site randomized control trial (RCT) will test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching and second as an identical approach…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Mobile Technology, Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT03500835
- Testing
- App, Coaching, Clinic: Modified KidsNFitness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Diabetes, Obesity
Healthy Lifestyles for Mentally Ill People Who Have Experienced Weight Gain From Their Antipsychotic Medications
This program aims to help Veterans who take antipsychotic medications lose weight. The investigators use a program based on the American Diabetes Association's "Diabetes Prevention Program," and the investigators have modified it…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Obesity, Weight Gain
- Trial name
- MAMAO (NCT00344500)
- Testing
- Behavioral Weight Loss Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Leptin Receptor Deficiency Obesity
Setmelanotide for the Treatment of Leptin Receptor (LEPR) Deficiency Obesity
To demonstrate statistically significant and clinically meaningful effects of setmelanotide on percent body weight change in participants with LEPR deficiency obesity due to rare bi-allelic or loss-of function mutations at the…
- Trial name
- NCT03287960
- Testing
- Setmelanotide
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Advanced Cancer
Phase II Study of Remeron for Cancer Patients Losing More Than 10% of Their Body Weight
The purpose of this study is to find out if remeron, also called mirtazapine, can help you prevent weight loss while on treatment for your cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00832520
- Testing
- Remeron (mirtazapine)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- New Mexico Cancer Research Alliance
Obesity, Overweight
A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Two Doses of Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR and Placebo in Overweight and Obese Subjects
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 2 doses of the combination of naltrexone SR and bupropion SR are safe and effective in the treatment of obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT00532779
- Testing
- Naltrexone SR 16 mg/Bupropion SR 360 mg /day, Naltrexone SR 32 mg/Bupropion SR 360 mg /day, Ancillary therapy
- Where
- 34 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,742 people
- Sponsor
- Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc
Obese, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Investigating Effects of BOTOX on Weight Loss and Glucose Tolerance in Obese, Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
The investigators will recruit obese subjects with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes for the proposed clinical study for 5 visits.
- Trial name
- NCT03991299
- Testing
- Botox 200 UNT Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Weight Loss, Weight Gain
Eating Mindfully to Prevent Weight Regain
The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention to prevent weight regain in weight-reduced adults.
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Eating Behavior, Obesity
- Trial name
- EMPWR (NCT04847843)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Orientated Recovery Enhancement, Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
HIV Infections, Cachexia
Evaluate Weight Gain Using 2 Different Formulations of Megestrol Acetate Oral Suspension for AIDS-related Weight Loss
Explore weight gain in HIV-positive patients who have weight loss associated with AIDS-related wasting (anorexia/cachexia). Patients are treated for 12 weeks with either megestrol acetate oral suspension nanocrystal dispersion…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Cachexia, Anorexia, AIDS Wasting Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00637572
- Testing
- Megestrol acetate oral suspension nanocrystal dispersion 115 mg/mL, Megestrol acetate oral suspension 40 mg/mL
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, India and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Endo USA Inc., a Keenova Therapeutics Company
Obesity, Weight Loss
Effect of High Protein Weight Loss for Seniors
Intentional weight loss in obese, older adults remains controversial. Although caloric restriction, resulting in significant weight and fat mass loss, ameliorates many clinical consequences of obesity, recommendation of…
- Trial name
- NCT02730988
- Testing
- Weight Stable Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University