Clinical trials: Weight Loss Trial
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
Obesity
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Weight Loss Programs in Obese Persons
The purpose of this study is to compare two approaches to a diet and exercise-based weight loss program.
- Trial name
- SHINE (NCT00960414)
- Testing
- SHINE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Weight Loss
Get Social: Randomized Trial of a Social Network Delivered Lifestyle Intervention
The present study is a non-inferiority trial comparing the efficacy of a lifestyle intervention delivered entirely via an online social network to a traditional lifestyle intervention delivered via group meetings.
- Trial name
- NCT02646618
- Testing
- Get Social, Traditional, Smartphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 329 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Weight Loss
Engaging Rural Men With Mobile Technologies for Weight Loss
Overweight and obese men in rural Northeast Nebraska are an unrepresented, at-risk group exhibiting rising rates of cardiovascular disease, poor access to preventive care, and a rural milieu that contributes to their sedentary…
- Trial name
- NCT03329079
- Testing
- Mobile Technology Plus, Mobile Technology
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
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.
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
Overweight, Obesity
Weight Loss Using the Take Shape For Life Program or the Medifast Direct Program Versus a Self-Directed Diet
The study evaluates the effects of two commercially available weight loss programs, the TSFL and the MEDD programs, each compared to a self-directed control diet, on changes in body weight over a 16-week weight loss phase, in…
- Trial name
- NCT02835092
- Testing
- Take Shape For Life Program, Medifast Direct Program, Self-directed Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medifast, Inc.
Obesity, Overweight
A Maintenance Program for the Be Fit Employee Wellness Program
This research study is being done: 1) to determine if the MGH Be Fit program helps employees to change their nutrition and exercise habits and lower their risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes and 2) to…
- Trial name
- NCT00707577
- Testing
- Internet-based maintenance program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity
The EMBER Trial for Weight Management Engagement
This study will test whether EMBER, a self-help tool to increase weight loss treatment engagement, helps veterans engage in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) weight management programs.
- Trial name
- NCT05424081
- Testing
- EMBER, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 470 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Obesity
The Safety and Efficacy of vBloc Therapy Delivered by the Maestro Rechargeable System for the Treatment of Obesity
The study evaluated the safety and efficacy of the vBloc Therapy delivered by the Maestro Rechargeable System compared to a sham control for the treatment obesity.
- Trial name
- ReCharge (NCT01327976)
- Testing
- vBloc (Active Device)
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ReShape Lifesciences
Obesity, Weight Loss
Feasibility Trial of a Problem-Solving Weight Loss Mobile Application
The purpose of this research was to develop and test the feasibility of Habit, a weight loss mobile application that was designed to coach patients through their weight loss challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT02192905
- Testing
- Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Osteoarthritis, Intraoperative Bleeding
Weighted Versus Uniform Dose of Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Primary, Knee Arthroplasty
Hypotheses: Primary - A weighted dose of 20 mg/kg of tranexamic acid will be more efficacious than a single uniform dose of 1 gram in primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) cases.
- Trial name
- NCT01651806
- Testing
- Tranexamic Acid standard dose, Females Tranexamic Acid weighted dose, Females receiving a uniform dose of TA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Obesity, Binge Eating
Study of Behavioral Weight Loss Therapy for Obesity and Binge Eating in Monolingual Hispanic Persons
This is a research study designed to examine the effectiveness of an obesity medication (orlistat) given in addition to behavioral weight loss therapy. Participants will be obese monolingual (Spanish-speaking only) men and women.
- Trial name
- NCT00516919
- Testing
- Xenical + behavioral intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Weight Loss, Diet, Healthy
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes
This study will compare a new weight loss program that focuses on a healthy eating pattern, with WW™ (formally Weight Watchers), an effective and widely available weight loss program.
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Diet, Healthy, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- DELISH (NCT04302727)
- Testing
- Med-South Weight Loss Intervention, WW
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), also called pseudotumor cerebri, is a disorder of elevated intracranial pressure of unknown cause [Corbett, et al., 1982; Wall, et al., 1991].
- Trial name
- IIHTT (NCT01003639)
- Testing
- Acetazolamide, Formal weight loss counselling program
- Where
- 41 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Weight Loss
Single Arm Trial of a Multi-component Commercial Digital Weight Loss Program
The goal of the proposed research project is to evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of an online multicomponent commercial weight loss program and to understand the relationship between program engagement and weight loss and…
- Trial name
- NCT04302389
- Testing
- myWW App, Virtual Workshops, and Private Facebook Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Obesity
Evaluation of Safety and Health Involvement For Truck Drivers
The current project is a randomized, controlled evaluation of a new weight loss and health promotion intervention for truck drivers.
- Trial name
- SHIFT (NCT02105571)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 452 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Obesity, Weight Loss
Evaluation of Safety, Efficacy and Thermogenesis-induction of RZL-012 in Overweight and Obese Volunteers
Obesity is a direct result of food-intake in excess of body energy expenditure. Thus, induction of increased energy expenditure via the activation of thermogenesis at targeted anatomical sites can counterbalance obesity.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Loss, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03171415
- Testing
- RZL-012
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Raziel Therapeutics Ltd.
Overweight, Obesity
Sharing Digital Self-Monitoring Data With Others to Enhance Long-Term Weight Loss
Adults attempting weight loss through lifestyle modification (LM) typically find maintenance of behavior change difficult. Outcomes might be improved if participants are provided with sustained sources of accountability and…
- Trial name
- FitLink (NCT05180448)
- Testing
- Coach Share On, Group Share On, Friend/Family Share On
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 321 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Obesity
The Healthy Weigh Study
This study will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of behavioral economic financial incentives and environmental strategies, separately and together, in achieving initial weight loss and maintenance of weight loss, in obese…
- Trial name
- NCT02878343
- Testing
- Incentives, Environmental strategies
- Volunteers
- 344 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania