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Effect of Dietary and Life Style Modification on Post Liver Transplant Obesity

NCT00878592 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2017-10-10

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Summary

This study is to assess value of providing classes about dietary and life style modifications to decrease or prevent weight gain, less occurrence or better control of weight gain associated disorders such as high blood sugar, hypertension, heart or brain vessels problems.Candidates for this study will be those who have got liver transplant within 6 months of their post transplant period.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dietary and life style modification

This group will receive a weight management and life style modification program. It consists of up to 6 weekly sessions of nutritional and physical exercise education. These initial sessions will concentrate on lifestyle modifications program including healthy food selections, emphasizing reduced fat consumption (\<=30% of daily calories) and restriction of proteins to create a daily negative energy balance of \~500 kcal/day. Participants will be encouraged to start with 10 minutes of outdoor or at home physical activity such as walking or cycling then gradually increase the activity duration up to 30 minutes daily.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hossam M Kandil, MD, PhD · assistant professor of medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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