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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00575900
Date of registration: 16/12/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Rabin Medical Center
Public title: Low Carbohydrates in Obese Adolescents
Scientific title: Comparison Between Low Carbohydrate Low Fat, Low Carbohydrate High Fat and Balanced Low Fat Diets in the Treatment of Obesity in Adolescents- a Randomized Controlled Trail.
Date of first enrolment: March 2005
Target sample size: 55
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00575900
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Moshe Phillip, Professor
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Affiliation:  Rabin Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. aged 12 to 18

2. body mass index (BMI) values greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender
according to the growth charts of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Exclusion Criteria:

1.Patients with a chronic disease (such as diabetes, renal, heart or liver diseases,
thyroid function disorder, or diagnosed psychological disorder). 2.Patients receiving
weight-loss-inducing medication.

3.Subjects who had participated in another weight loss-study or slimming diet within two
months prior to the study.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: dietary intervention
Primary Outcome(s)
BMI, BMI-SDS, Body fat percentage, waist circumference [Time Frame: At baseline visit, end of 12 weeks of intervention and every three months after during the 9 months follow-up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood metabolic profile, CRP, Ghrelin and Leptin levels, Resting energy expenditure, Psychological parameters [Time Frame: At baseline, after 12 weeks of intervention and after 9 weeks of follow-up]
Secondary ID(s)
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Low carbohydrate diets
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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