Active clinical trials for "Obesity"

Obesity has increased to alarming levels in the world. Currently it is estimated that it occurs in a third of the world's population and it is expected that by 2030, 20% of the world's adult population will suffer from obesity and 38% will be overweight, and it is important to highlight that Mexico is among the first in obesity in adults and children. Obesity leads to the development of diseases such as diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidemias, metabolic syndrome, heart problems, among others. The treatment for obesity in the first instance are changes in lifestyle, changes in diet and exercise that have shown, in most patients, have little long-term adherence. There are also drugs that promote weight loss by modifying the appetite or absorption of macronutrients. Dapagliflozin plus metformin XR is a medicine composed with an oral antidiabetic of the group of inhibitors of SGLT2 that has shown to have significant side effects in the weight reduction and visceral adiposity in people with obesity and in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, it is also composed with metformin which also has effects on weight loss in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. For these reasons, evaluating this compound drug in people with obesity could provide high impact information as a complement for the treatment of this condition when compared to the effects produced by monotherapies.

Long-term weight loss maintenance is seldom achieved by individuals with obesity owing to numerous biological adaptations occurring in the post-weight loss setting, including neuroendocrine-mediated changes in appetite/satiety and reduction of energy expenditure. Following weight loss, peripheral and central mechanisms respond in a way similar to starvation by conveying a sense that energy reserves have dwindled, activating a strong counter-response to increase caloric intake. Moreover, metabolic rate drops, further compounding the propensity for weight rebound. Adolescents with severe obesity are not immune to the vexing issue of weight regain; therefore, effective and scalable treatments are urgently needed. Pharmacotherapy has the potential to prevent weight regain by targeting counter-regulatory mechanisms in the post-weight loss setting. Unfortunately, only one obesity medication is FDA-approved for long-term use in adolescents and is seldom prescribed owing to modest efficacy and notable side effects. Among the most promising candidates in the pediatric pipeline is the combination of phentermine and topiramate, which is the most effective adult weight loss medication currently available. The mechanisms of action are thought to reduce appetite, enhance satiety, and potentially increase energy expenditure, making this medication particularly well-suited for the purpose of weight loss maintenance since it targets many of the biological adaptations known to induce relapse and subsequent weight regain. The investigators have generated preliminary data demonstrating that both phentermine and topiramate reduce BMI in adolescents with severe obesity and have acceptable safety profiles. In this clinical trial, the investigators will utilize combination phentermine/topiramate to target counter-regulatory pathways responsible for weight regain after meal replacement therapy (structured meals of known caloric content) in adolescents with severe obesity with a goal of enhancing weight loss maintenance and improving obesity-related complications. Importantly, the investigators will maximize the clinical utility and overall impact of the study by comprehensively characterizing the safety of phentermine/topiramate utilizing sensitive measures of cardiac autonomic function, arterial stiffness, cognition, and bone health as well as examine the extent to which this medication counteracts mechanisms of weight regain.

The Scientific Premise of this study is that the high level of obesity displayed by African American (AA) women is due to the ability to secrete large amounts of insulin when sugary foods are consumed. When AA women eat a diet rich in starchy or sugary food (a "high-glycemic" diet that stimulates insulin secretion), the food that is eaten is stored as fat rather than being burned as fuel. The investigators previous research has suggested that AA women have an easier time losing weight and keeping it off when eating a low-glycemic diet. The proposed study will be the first randomized clinical trial to test the effect of high and low glycemic diets for weight loss and weight-loss-maintenance in obese AA women.

The study will be conducted on fifty women with central obesity. Their ages will be from 30-40 years old. They will be selected from Al Hayat specialized Hospital in Cairo, Egypt and The participants will be randomly assigned into two equal groups: Group (A): study group, 25 participants will receive pyramidal training by treadmill for 40 minutes per session three sessions per week for eight weeks in addition to the diet health advices. Group (B): Control group, 25 participants will receive diet health advices. The subjects will be selected from El Haya specialized Hospital, Cairo.

This study will investigate potential correlations and relationships between obesity and organ-specific complications, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFPD) and fatty kidney. Furthermore, it will investigate how and if a lifestyle-induced weight-loss intervention decreases liver fat and improve NAFLD. Furthermore, the study will investigate if extracellular vesicles (EVs) can be used as a biomarker for early detection of any of the above-mentioned by comparing obese individuals with NAFLD and metabolic syndrome with both normal weight controls and obese individuals without NAFLD and metabolic syndrome. Lastly, it will investigate if weight changes and the resulting improvement of NAFLD are accompanied by changes in liver-specific extracellular vesicle (EV) phenotypes.

This study will look at how well the new medicine CagriSema helps people with excess body weight losing weight compared to a "dummy" medicine and a medicine called semaglutide. Participants will either get CagriSema, a dummy medicine or semaglutide. Which treatment participants get is decided by chance. Participants will take one injection once a week. The study medicine will be injected briefly with a thin needle, typically in the stomach, thighs or upper arms. The study will last for about 1 year.

This study is being conducted to see if semaglutide tablets can be used as a treatment to help people who are above a healthy weight range to lose weight. Semaglutide tablets are a new medicine being tested to treat people living with excess body weight. Participants will either get semaglutide or placebo once daily morning for 44 weeks. In addition to taking the medicine, participants will have talks with study staff about: Healthy food choices How to be more physically active What participants can do to lose weight This study will last for about 1 year.

The study is designed to assess the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and transformation within the human body of INV-202 investigational drug in the treatment of adult participants with obesity and metabolic syndrome.

The goal of this pilot prospective interventional study is to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in allowing obese subjects with the need of liver transplantation to reduce their BMI in order to enter the waiting list (BMI (≥35 kg/m2). The main question[s] it aims to answer are: Is the procedure effective in reducing BMI to the target level in 12 months? Which is the effect on weight loss, quality of life and obesity-related comorbidities? Participants will undergo ESG as per standard clinical practice and followed up to 12 months before transplantation and for 12 months after transplantation

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the safety, tolerability and blood levels following a single dose or after multiple doses of CK-0045 given subcutaneously to healthy participants or otherwise healthy participants with obesity. A maximum of 88 participants will receive CK-0045 or matching placebo at different escalating doses in 2 study parts: Up to 40 healthy participants will receive a single dose and up to 48 otherwise healthy participants with obesity will receive 6 doses one week apart.