Active clinical trials for "Obesity"

The study aim is to evaluate a patient-centred intervention focusing on improved quality of life and wellbeing among individuals with obesity and risk factors for adverse outcome.

Cross-over arm of the pilot study evaluating a treatment for obesity.

The purpose of this protocol is to investigate, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the effect of treatment with lorcaserin on centers of the brain that control appetite and food intake, as well as lorcaserin's downstream metabolic effects.

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.

The prevalence of morbid obesity in Canada has risen almost 5 fold in the past three decades. Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment of obesity and related comorbidities such as type-2 diabetes. Bariatric/metabolic procedures can be classified into 2 main categories: a) those that cause restriction, and b) those that add a malabsorptive component to restriction. Currently sleeve gastrectomy (SG), which is a purely restrictive operation, is the most frequently performed procedure in North America. Interestingly, combined restrictive/malabsorptive procedures such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS) are more effective procedures when compared to purely restrictive ones. Moreover, the conventional BPD-DS procedure has been shown to be significantly more effective than RYGB in achieving durable weight loss and resolving comorbidities such as type-2 diabetes. Despite superior outcomes, the performance of BPD-DS is highly institution dependant and comprises less than 5% of the annual bariatric procedures performed worldwide. Common reservations against BPD-DS are related to the side effects of the procedure, and include frequent bowel movements, flatulence, fat, micronutrient and protein malnutrition. Furthermore, longer operative times and surgical technical challenges are also reasons for lower prevalence of the BPD-DS procedure. Single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S) is a modification of the conventional BPD-DS that potentially addresses many of these concerns. In addition, it is a suitable second-stage or salvage procedure for severely obese patients with inadequate weight loss or resolution of obesity-related comorbidities after SG. Despite showing excellent results of up to 5 years with acceptable postoperative morbidity, all the literature on SADI-S originates from a single center and has not been compared directly with BPD-DS. Hence, the investigators aim to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and postoperative outcomes of SADI-S as it compares to conventional BPD-DS in morbidly obese patients. This project has three specific aims: To evaluate feasibility and short-term safety of SADI-S. To evaluate short and long-term beneficial outcomes. To evaluate and compare long-term morbidity.

The purpose of the study is to determine the genetic influence on short-, middle- and longterm effects of an inpatient lifestyle therapy program in overweight and obese children and adolescents.

This study has 2 parts: First part is the main study and second part is the extension study. During the main study participants will receive 1 of 4 study medicines. If participants continue in the extension study, they will not receive any study medicine during the extension. The main study will look at how well CagriSema helps participants with excess body weight lose weight compared to a "dummy" medicine and 2 other medicines, cagrilintide and semaglutide. Participants will either get CagriSema, cagrilintide,semaglutide or "dummy" medicine. Which treatment participants get is decided by chance. They will take one injection once a week. The study medicine is injected briefly with a thin needle, typically in the stomach, thighs or upper arms. Extension study: After the main study, not all participants will continue in the extension study. The study staff will tell the participant if they will continue or not into the extension study. In the extension study we will look at what happens to the participant's body weight and diseases related to excess body weight after the participant stops taking the study medicine. The main study will last for about 1½ years and the extension study will last for another 2 years.

The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.

This study will look how well semaglutide tablets taken once daily helps people with body weight above the healthy range. Participants will either get semaglutide 25 milligram (mg) once daily or placebo once daily. This study will last for 72 weeks, which includes 1-week screening period, 64 weeks of treatment period and 7 weeks of follow up period.

Adults Regulating Their weight Everyday with Mobile Internet Support (ARTEMIS) is a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile app based weight loss intervention designed to increase self-regulation in adults living with obesity.