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A Dietary Intervention- Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT) Study; BGU-Harvard-Robarts Collaboration

NCT00160108 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2018-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aim-to conduct a randomized clinical intervention study to compare three diets (low-fat, low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diet) for weight loss

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

dietary intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Western Ontario, Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • Soroka University Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Nuclear Research Center, Dimona

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    collaborator OTHER

  • The S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Iris Shai, RD, PhD · Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  • Meir J Stampfer, MD, DrPH · Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  • David Spence, MD · Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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