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Study to Investigate Benefits of Weight Loss in Young Adults and Adolescents

NCT01901978 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2020-03-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in subcutaneous adipocyte size, number and gene expression after weight loss and to assess whether those changes contribute to decreases in ectopic fat accumulation and insulin resistance in women between ages of 16-32.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Caloric restrictive diet

Patients will meet weekly with a registered dietician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sonia Caprio, MD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
32 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

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