Clinical trials: Diet
PreDiabetes, Obesity
Development of an Adaptive Treatment for Weight Loss in People With Prediabetes
This 16-week study will use an experimental approach called the Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial to help determine which combination and sequence of weight loss program features are most effective in people who are…
- Trial name
- NCT04745572
- Testing
- High Carbohydrate Diet, Reduced Carbohydrate Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Diet, Diet Surveys
Recontacting Participants in the Observing Protein and Energy Nutrition (OPEN) Study: Re-OPEN
This study will evaluate the structure of error in self-reporting instruments on diet, in following up the Observing Protein and Energy Nutrition Study (OPEN) conducted in 1999 and 2000.
- Trial name
- NCT00339677
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 384 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Diet Quality, Prevention
Advancing North Shore Community Health Through Ocean-raised and faRm-grown Foods (ANCHOR Study)
This study is testing a new way to support healthy eating by providing free meal kits through a food pantry. Adults who use The Open Door food pantry will receive meal kits that include fresh produce, seafood, and other…
- Trial name
- ANCHOR (NCT07703501)
- Testing
- Medically supportive meal kits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Hypercholesterolemia
Measuring the Impact of Dietary Supplementation With a New Baking Product on Gut Microbiota and Cholesterol Metabolism
Study hypothesis: Diet integrated with food prepared with olive, buckwheat, peas and chestnut flour as in PreBIOil product combination can modify the gut microbiota and the cholesterol metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT02664428
- Testing
- PreBIOil, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Edmund Mach
Diet, Physical Activity
An Interactive Web-Based Program to Improve Food and Activity Choices of Teens
This study will test a website for teens designed to help them improve both diet and physical activity. The website will have several components: educational messages, role model stories, goal setting, self-monitoring forms…
- Trial name
- Teen Web (NCT00983567)
- Testing
- teen web
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Dry Eye Syndromes
Treatment of Dry Eye With Supplements
Dry eye syndrome (DES) is a highly prevalent ocular condition inducing an inflammatory response on the ocular surface. Common symptoms include ocular discomfort, visual impairment and instability of the tear film with potential…
- Trial name
- NCT01364311
- Testing
- Vitamac® Tag and Nacht capsules
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Excessive Physical Exercise, Unspecified
The Effects of a Dietary Supplement on Exercise Performance in Healthy Older Adults"
Human exercise capacity decreases with aging. One explanation may be that blood vessels stiffen with age and release less of a compound called nitric oxide (NO).
- Trial name
- NCT01073332
- Testing
- Arginine antioxidant supplements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Metabolic Syndrome
Metformin and Dietary Restriction to Prevent Age-related Morbid Events in People With Metabolic Syndrome
Phase III randomized controlled trial on men and women with Metabolic syndrome (MetS) to test the hypothesis that comprehensive life-style changes and/or metformin treatment prevent age-related chronic non-communicable diseases…
- Trial name
- MeMeMe (NCT02960711)
- Testing
- Metformin Hydrochloride 850 MG Oral Tablet [Glucophage], Ludipress, mg stereate, micronized hydrated silica, talcum
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Dietary Habits, Anxiety
The Ariel University Survey on Dietary Changes and Anxiety During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Background/Objectives: Psychological anxiety has been associated with alterations in eating patterns. The 2020 global coronavirus pandemic has created a situation characterized by increased anxiety.
- Trial name
- TARUS (NCT04353934)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 3,797 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ariel University
Weight Gain
Role of Peanuts in Healthy Weight Gain in Athletic Individuals
Many athletes and military personnel desire weight gain primarily as lean mass to improve performance and effectiveness in military/sport endeavors.
- Trial name
- mGAINS (NCT05426109)
- Testing
- Peanut snacks, No peanut-containing snacks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Bone Health
Study of the Effect of a Calcium-rich Diet on Bone Health in Girls
The aim of this experimental study was to test the effect of increasing dietary calcium intake to 1500 mg/day on increases in bone quality in adolescent females.
- Trial name
- Calkids (NCT01058109)
- Testing
- calcium-rich diet, Calcium rich diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Creighton University
Breast Cancer, Mammographic Density
The Malaysian Soy and Mammographic Density Study
Globally, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the main cause of deaths due to cancer. This is attributed to changes in reproductive habits as well as an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, with low physical activity and…
- Trial name
- MiSo (NCT03686098)
- Testing
- Dietary soy, Soy Supplement
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 282 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cancer Research Malaysia
Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Ketogenic Diet
Feasibility, Tolerability and Efficacy of the Ketogenic Diet in Children With Drug-resistant Epilepsy in South Vietnam
According to the World Health Organization, more than 50 million people have epilepsy. Among them, nearly 80% of epileptic patients live in developing countries and 75% of them do not have access to treatment.
- Conditions
- Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Ketogenic Diet, Feasibility, Tolerability
- Trial name
- NCT05697887
- Testing
- Ketogenic diet
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Number 2 Children's Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
Prostate Cancer
Ketogenic Diet and Prostate Cancer Surveillance Pilot
Men with indolent forms of prostate cancer are managed expectantly using active surveillance, with a goal of delaying treatment and its deleterious side effects.
- Trial name
- GCC 1717 (NCT03194516)
- Testing
- Surveillance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Cow Milk Allergy
Synbiotic Extensively Hydrolysed Feed Study
This study of the tolerance and acceptability of a extensively hydrolysed formula (eHF) containing pre- and probiotics will assess gastrointestinal (GI) tolerance, product intake and acceptability in 40 infants (aged <13 months)…
- Trial name
- NCT03874104
- Testing
- Extensively Hydrolysed Formula containing Pre- & Probiotics
- Where
- 8 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Nutricia UK Ltd
SPERM
Effect of Dietary DHA Supplementation on Sperm Quality
The aim of this study is evaluated the effect of dietetic supplementation with DHA on human sperm quality, antioxidant capacity and sperm DNA damage.
- Trial name
- NCT01368484
- Testing
- Sunflower oil, Docosahexanoic acid
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, IVI VALENCIA
Dietary Change, Obesity & Overweight
Dietary Peanuts and Nutrition-Related Outcomes
This study will look at how eating peanuts every day might affect participants weight, how healthy their diet is, and how they feel when eating.
- Conditions
- Dietary Change, Obesity & Overweight, Food Acceptance
- Trial name
- NCT07244458
- Testing
- Peanuts, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ian J. Neeland, MD
Shift-Work Related Sleep Disturbance, Metabolic Syndrome
Health Effect of Canola Oil Consumption in Shift Workers
Shift work is associated with a higher risk of the development of cardiometabolic syndrome (CMtS) than in people working only during the day.
- Conditions
- Shift-Work Related Sleep Disturbance, Metabolic Syndrome, Diet Modification, Work-Related Condition
- Trial name
- NCT03977558
- Testing
- Intervention group, Control group
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Life Sciences
Peripheral Artery Disease
Dietary Nitrates and Vascular Function in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
The overarching question addressed in the current project is: Does dietary nitrate supplementation (8 weeks) improve physiological function in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)? The investigators will specifically…
- Trial name
- NCT01983826
- Testing
- Sodium Nitrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Healthy Lifestyle, Physical Exercise
Lifestyle and Brain Vascular Function
Cognitive performance is negatively related to an impaired glucose metabolism, possibly due to impairments in brain vascular function.
- Conditions
- Healthy Lifestyle, Physical Exercise, Healthy Diet, Cerebrovascular Circulation
- Trial name
- NCT04234009
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyle
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center