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Effects of Weight Loss in Obese Difficult-to-treat Asthmatics

NCT01047657 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2011-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Sixty percent of patients with difficult to control asthma seen in our outpatient clinic are obese. The impact of weight reduction in this subpopulation of asthmatics has not been studied. Our aim is to evaluate the impact of weight reduction on asthma control of these patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Low caloric diet plus orlistat and sibutramine

All subjetcs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sérvulo A. Dias-Júnior, MD · Heart Institute, University of São Paulo

  • Alberto Cukier, PhD · Heart Institute, University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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