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Low Carb Diets & Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Reduction

NCT01176084 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2010-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purposes of this study are:

To investigate the effects of a 6 month low carbohydrate diet in obese men on markers of heart health including blood fats, blood clotting factors, inflammatory markers and levels of body fat.

To investigate the added effect on heart health that regular moderate exercise may have when combined with a low carbohydrate diet in obese men.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

low carbohydrate diet

BEHAVIORAL

low carbohydrate diet and exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • British Heart Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Surrey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Hiscutt, PhD · University of Surrey

  • Helen D Truby, PhD · Monash University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2008-02-29

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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