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The Safety and Efficacy of Low and High Carbohydrate Diets

NCT00143936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2010-01-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will compare the safety and effectiveness of a low carbohydrate diet (Atkins Diet) with a high carbohydrate diet (conventional USDA diet).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Low- Carbohydrate -Atkins Diet

Low Carbohydrate Diet

BEHAVIORAL

Low Calorie Diet

Maintain a low calorie diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Temple University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gary Foster, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

  • Holly Wyatt, MD · University of Colorado, Denver

  • James Hill, PhD · University of Colorado, Denver

  • Samuel Klein, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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