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CARE Trial: Comparing Different Levels of Calorie Reduction for Weight Loss

NCT02736669 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 223

Last updated 2025-12-17

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Summary

This research study will compare two weight loss programs that provide different recommendations for how to reduce your energy (or calorie) intake to achieve weight loss in an effort to determine if fixed calorie reduction or varied calorie reduction is more effective for weight loss.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Energy Reduction

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gareth R Dutton, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-31
Primary Completion
2021-04-30
Completion
2025-12-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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