A Novel Diet-Phenotype Interaction Affecting Body Weight

NCT01303757 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 155

Last updated 2016-02-09

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Summary

The primary aim of the study is to examine insulin secretion as an effect modifier of the efficacy of a low-fat vs. low-glycemic load diet for weight loss among overweight/obese young adults in an 18-month, prospectively stratified, multi-center randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dietary counselling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    collaborator OTHER
  • Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

    collaborator OTHER
  • Boston Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cara B Ebbeling, PhD · Boston Children's Hospital

  • David S Ludwig, MD, PhD · Boston Children's Hospital

  • Leslie Fischer, PhD · UNC Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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