Active clinical trials for "Metabolic Diseases"

Diabetes contributes significantly to the burden of disease in Norway and cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality. Both lean and fatty fish are shown to have beneficial health effects. In addition to omega-3 fatty acids, fish contain potential health-promoting components such as taurine, vitamin D, vitamin B12, iodine, selenium and more unspecified components such as bioactive peptides. With the expected growth in the aquaculture sector, more protein-rich by-products will become available. The overall aim of this project is to investigate physiological and molecular effects of fish protein in the form of salmon fishmeal compared to whey in a human intervention study with regard to carbohydrate- and fat metabolism, endocrine factors and inflammation. The investigators will include healthy subjects to a randomized controlled cross over study. The subjects will receive a single, oral dose of fishmeal or whey. Blood samples are taken before (fasting) and 30 and 60 minutes after intake. The molecular effects of fishmeal and whey are investigated ex vivo. This is done by incubating human cell lines (i.e hepatocytes, adipocytes, epithelial cells) with fasting and postprandial serum from the participants.

As of last year, new insight into the function of secretin was brought about as rodent studies showed secretin to possess potential body weight-regulating effects. In these studies, secretin was shown to increase non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT), decrease meal size and promote meal discontinuation. The mechanisms behind these regulatory effect of secretin on energy homeostasis are unclear,

Randomized cross-over design with 10 male subjects and 3 campaigns to test whether the negative effects of bed rest (6º head-down tilt) on the various systems of the body and the consequences to health of simulated weightlessness can be counteracted by the use of a defined training programme.

In the post-genomic era, a major challenge for health research is to understand the complex interactions among genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors including dietary intake. Unfortunately, such initiatives are hampered by the lack of accurate dietary intake assessment methods for large studies. The newly emerging field of metabolomics offers unique possibilities to characterize individual food intake, dietary patterns and effects of dietary intervention in large studies. The investigators propose to develop a platform to detect broad metabolomic responses to food intake in controlled trials as well as to use targeted metabolomics approaches to characterize dietary intake in longitudinal studies. Our laboratory has a long history of developing methodology for assessing nutritional status and effects of diet on metabolism. Here, the investigators team up with the Sahlgrenska Academy Core Facility and the Swedish NMR Centre at the University of Gothenburg, that offer modern metabolomics equipment and competence in bioinformatics, and use this in the context of nutrition research. To their knowledge, the investigators are among the first groups in the country to develop skills in metabolomics to assess dietary intake and effects of nutrition on metabolism, and probably the first to use two complementary platforms with both mass-spectrometry and nuclear magnetic spectroscopy. Hence, our methodological results should be useful to nutritional scientists nationally as well as internationally.

There is growing evidence that patients undergoing bone mineral density testing (BMD) often do not take important steps to improve their bone health. The investigators will conduct a randomized-controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a novel and practical patient activation intervention (mailing patients their bone density test results) on the quality of bone-related healthcare and the cost-effectiveness of BMD testing. Equally important, the investigators intervention could easily be modified to include other patient populations and chronic diseases.

The purpose of the present study is to conduct a thorough and relevant physiology study of carriers and non-carriers of the gene variant X in order to determine the effect of the genetic variant on various metabolic parameters.

The primary purpose of the study is to examine the effect of body fat distribution on the physiological response to a dietary fat intervention. Physiological response will be evaluated as fatty acid kinetics (plasma and subcutaneous fat appearance). Secondary objectives are targeted protein production (apoB and adiponectin). Examination of the effect of chain length of the dietary fatty acids on fat tissue characteristics and the effect of chain length on satiety, will be studied as well.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of omega 3 fatty acid on neurological recovery, lipid profile and Antioxidant system in patients with spinal cord injury. One hundred spinal cord injured patients who come to clinic of spinal injury repair research center selected. Then the patients will receive two supplements capsules of omega 3 (600 mg) in the intervention group and placebo in the control group. Primary outcome measures are professionals evaluation of neurological function by using : ASIA scale for sensory and motor function FIM scale for Functional potential FAM SF_36 for quality of life Lipid profile and Antioxidant profile evaluation by using: FBS 2hpp Insulin LDL Total cHOL TG HDL Leptin Adiponectin -Calcium- 25OHD PTH,LH, FSH, Prolactin,Testosterone in males Bone markers by serum levels of :Osteocalcin-Osteoprotegrin_Bone Specified ALP- CTX - RANKL BMD

The purpose of this study is to compare ways of giving advice and providing support to improve diet and physical activity in adult primary care patients with elevated body mass index and dysglycemia.

This is a randomised study of the effect of treatment with Combivir (zidovudine [AZT] and lamivudine [3TC]) and Kaletra (lopinavir [LPVr]), alone and in combination, on the development of abnormalities in lipid and glucose metabolism in HIV negative healthy subjects.