Clinical trials: Weight Loss Trial
Diabetes Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus
Cryovagotomy Diabetes Trial
The pilot study will assess the feasibility and efficacy of cryoablation procedure to freeze the vagus nerve in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Aim 1 will focus on changes in glycemic control.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04276051
- Testing
- Cryoablation of the Vagus Nerve, Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Gastrointestinal Cancer, Lung Cancer
Melatonin Versus Placebo and the Effect on Appetite in Advanced Cancer Patients
The goal of this clinical research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of melatonin for the management of poor appetite and weight loss in advanced cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00513357
- Testing
- Melatonin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Insulin Sensitivity, Obesity
Comparative the Effect of Metformin and Acupuncture on Weight Loss and Insulin Sensitivity
The investigators designed this randomized double blind (patients/ assessor) clinical trial to compare the therapeutic effects of Metformin monotherapy with Metformin and acupuncture combined therapy on weight loss and insulin…
- Trial name
- NCT02438540
- Testing
- metformin, acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Amir Firouzjaei
Obesity
Financial Incentives for Maintenance of Weight Loss
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives in improving and maintaining weight loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01900392
- Testing
- Financial incentive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Anamorelin Study for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anamorelin HCl. Approximately 100 subjects with advanced PDAC and cachexia will be randomized 1:1 to anamorelin HCl 100 mg or…
- Trial name
- NCT04844970
- Testing
- Anamorelin Hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Lahey Clinic
Obesity
Time Restricted Eating for Weight Loss Maintenance
The aim of this pilot feasibility and acceptability, randomized clinical trial will be to examine the effects of two-time restricted eating (TRE) interventions on weight loss maintenance (WLM).
- Trial name
- TWIST (NCT05742165)
- Testing
- Time Restricted Eating (TRE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
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
Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease
Effectiveness of Four Popular Diet Strategies for Weight Loss and Cardiac Risk Reduction
A single-center randomized trial at an academic medical center in Boston, Mass, of overweight or obese adults with known hypertension, dyslipidemia, or fasting hyperglycemia.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT02454127
- Testing
- Atkins Diet, Zone Diet, Weight Watchers Diet
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts Medical Center
Obesity, Patient Education
Teaching Obesity Treatment Options to Adult Learners Trial
Obesity is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. The treatment of obesity and its related health issues, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, exceeds $150 billion annually.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Patient Education, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- TOTAL (NCT03856320)
- Testing
- Educational Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
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
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
Obesity
The Weigh Forward, Financial Incentives for Maintenance of Weight Loss
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives in improving and maintaining weight loss.
- Trial name
- NCT02538783
- Testing
- Escalating Lottery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 259 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity, Overweight
Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention Messaging in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention for Young Adults
The purpose of this micro-randomized trial is to evaluate the effects of 7 types of intervention messages targeting specific behavior change techniques (i.e., BCT messages) delivered in "just-in-time" (JIT) moments on daily…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- Nudge (NCT05625061)
- Testing
- Core Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) Intervention, Behavior Change Technique 1 Message (Action Planning), Behavior Change Technique 2 Message (Discrepancy between Current Behavior and Goal)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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