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Diet, Insulin Sensitivity, and Postprandial Metabolism

NCT02939638 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2023-07-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized, controlled trial aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which a plant-based dietary intervention causes weight loss. Using a low-fat, plant-based diet for 16 weeks, along with an untreated control for comparison, the study will measure changes in body weight, body composition, intramyocellular and/or intrahepatocellular lipid, and changes in association to body weight.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Plant-based diet

Weekly instructions will be given to the participants in the intervention group about following vegan diet.

OTHER

Control Diet

Participants will be asked to continue their usual diets for the 16-week study period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neal D Barnard, M.D. · President

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2019-01-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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