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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00555074
Date of registration: 06/11/2007
Primary sponsor: Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Public title: Sodium Tungstate in Obesity TROTA-1
Scientific title: Efficacy of Oral Sodium Tungstate (200 mg/Day)on Weight Loss in Subjects With Grade I-II Obesity
Date of first enrolment: November 2007
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00555074
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:   Josep Vidal, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- BMI: 30-39.9 Kg/m2

- In case of male gender, 18 to 65 years old

- In case of female gender, diagnosis of menopause

- Body weight changes < 3 kg in the last 3 months

- In case of arterial hypertension or dyslipemia, no changes in dose in the last 2
months

Exclusion criteria:

- In case of female gender, absence of menopause

- Evidence of secondary causes of obesity

- Diabetes, type II

- Concomitant treatment with drugs affecting body weight

- Previous surgical intervention of obesity



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Sodium Tungstate
Primary Outcome(s)
weight loss [Time Frame: six weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
adverse events [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
changes in body composition [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
changes in caloric intake and in hungry sensation [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
changes in hormonal parameters [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
changes in lipids [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
resting metabolic rate [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
EudraCT: 2006-000567-28
TROTA-1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Fundacio Clinic
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