Active clinical trials for "Metabolic Syndrome"

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of the consumption of two different dietary patterns (low fat versus Mediterranean Diet) on the incidence of cardiovascular events of persons with coronary disease.

Schizophrenia is a life shortening disease, not only because of suicide but also because of increased mortality from natural causes. Recently, a large register-based study, involving complete national data from Denmark, Sweden and Finland, showed that life expectancy for schizophrenia is 20 years shorter for men and 15 years shorter for women, compared to the general population, and that mortality from medical conditions and diseases are responsible for a large proportion of the reduced life expectancy. Patients with schizophrenia had a twofold to fivefold increased risk of death by coronary heart disease, respiratory diseases, lung cancer and metabolic conditions. Unhealthy life style and undetected and untreated physical disorders play an important role in this excess mortality.Results from the Danish National Indicator Project for Schizophrenia showed that a much higher proportion of patients with schizophrenia compared to the general population have measures of waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, blood lipids and blood glucoses above the recommended upper values. In the randomized clinical trial CHANGE, the investigators will evaluate the effect of two different interventions both aiming to reduce risk for death from medical diseases. We will compare 1) treatment as usual with 2) affiliation to a care coordinator who has the duty to connect the patient to general practice and primary care and 3) affiliation to a staff member from the CHANGE team who should facilitate life style changes and contact with general practice. The objective is to identify interventions that can reduce the risk of early death in patients with schizophrenia.

The study protocol aims to test the hypothesis that a lifestyle intervention program aimed to increase leisure-time physical activity and reduce body weight will improve the parameters of the metabolic syndrome and quality of life among obese, non-diabetic Arab women

We will test our primary hypothesis that combining niacin extended release (niacin-ER), at a daily dosage of up to 2.0 g with pioglitazone, at a daily dosage of 45 mg will result in a 12% greater increase in HDL-C when compared to niacin-ER monotherapy over 12 weeks in non-diabetic patients with the metabolic syndrome (see Table 1).

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in diabetic patients due to both a high event rate and a worse outcome. A pharmacological intervention that reduces ischemia-reperfusion-injury would improve the outcome of diabetic patients after a cardiovascular event. In the present study, we will use annexinA5 scintigraphy to address the following hypothesis: Rosiglitazone reduces ischemia-reperfusion-injury in humans with insulin resistance.

The aim of this study is to explore the significance of the Lys:Arg ratio on responses of lipids and lipoprotein concentrations to dietary proteins and to evaluate the effects of dietary Lys:Arg on cardiovascular disease risk factors and endothelial function.

GRIP on NASH will assist primary care physicians and clinicians to implement the latest patient care pathway, as described by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), to identify patients at risk of severe fatty liver disease and to raise awareness on fatty liver disease. The primary objective is to implement a transmural patient care pathway, in order to identify patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) and its progressive form non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in primary care centres and clinics in 10 European countries.

Recent Canadian studies, public opinion polls and the Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan state that women's heart health is a key national priority; it should be addressed through improving heart health awareness and prevention, and reducing care inequities for women in general and younger women in particular. The investigators have developed an innovative and interactive mobile website based postpartum lifestyle modification program (regular physical activity and nutritional guidance), based on established national guidelines, to improve heart disease risk factors in women. The investigators will conduct a trial to determine if the mobile website based lifestyle modification program can be maintained and reduces a collection of risk factors, which occurring together, greatly increases the risk of developing heart disease. The investigators hypothesize that the interactive mobile website directing regular physical activity and personalized nutritional guidance, compared to standard postpartum care, will be motivational and result in a reduced modified metabolic syndrome z score at 8 months postpartum among the intervention group.

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate that the ¹³C-Octanoate Breath Test (OBT) can be used as an aid, in conjunction with other clinical information and medical history, for evaluating disease severity and detecting NASH with a high probability.

During the study, the resuscitation room, general wards and ICU were installed fixed or mobile acquisition devices in the resuscitation room, the emergency department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and the collection platform was set up. Patients with acute diseases (infection, diabetes complications, etc.) caused by metabolic syndrome (obesity, diabetes, etc.) were selected after informed consent. All medical intervention behaviors, relevant medical records and medical outcome records within the collection scope of the device platform were collected prospectively . And regular follow-up, guidance of patients with metabolic syndrome control, while collecting all the lifestyle characteristics of patients, some patients with metabolic cabin research, and observe the relevant medical outcomes. After that, all the collected data were coded, and the influence of all lifestyle and medical behavior interventions on patients' medical outcomes was studied by artificial intelligence method.