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Effect of Weight Reduction on Inflammatory Markers and Genes Expression in Obese Individuals

NCT00416156 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2006-12-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To investigate whether weight reduction by life style modification for 12 weeks will improve circulating inflammatory markers, adipocytokines as well as gene expression of proinflammatory protein obtained from circulating monocytes from obese individuals.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle modification

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wayne H Sheu, MD, PhD · Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Completion
2005-11-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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