Identification of Phenotypic Factors That Predict Success for Weight Loss and Long-term Weight Maintenance
Who can join
Ages 15 to 75 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Obese males and females: age \>20 years; Obese population defined as BMI \> or = 27 kg/m2 * Lean population BMI \< 27 but \> 17 kg/m2 * Able and willing to provide written informed consent for the trial Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of inherited disorders of lipid metabolism. * History of Cancer within the last 5 years * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive. * Patients with solid organ transplants. * Participation in any other clinical trial within 90 days of entry into this trial. * Pregnant or lactating females. * Uncontrolled thyroid disease * Unstable angina or NY heart association class II failure or above * Gastrointestinal disease specifically GI motility disorders * Unstable neuropsychiatric disease including major depression/anxiety, eating disorder such as binge eating, bulimia or anorexia * End stage renal or hepatic disease * Autoimmune disorders (e.g. SLE) * Body weight fluctuation of more than 5 kg in the previous 3 months * Prior bariatric surgery * A history or current alcohol/substance abuse and change in smoking habits or cessation in the past 6 months. * Women of childbearing age must use a reliable form of contraception. * Any medical condition, which in the opinion of the investigator would make the patient unsuitable for recruitment, or could interfere with the patient participating in or completing the protocol. * Unwilling or unable to consent for the study.
About the study
The Investigational Weight Management Clinic now entitled the Weight Management Program at the University of Michigan was created to identify strategies that will result in cost-effective, long term weight management for overweight and obese individuals. The driving hypothesis of the clinic is that the 'one size fits all' philosophy is untenable with a complex disease such as obesity. The clinic will serve as a portal for patients to choose standard clinical care or to explore alternatives from a variety of clinical studies offered through the clinic. These studies will include further investigations into nutrition, the biological basis of weight and weight management and protocols using approved and experimental pharmaceuticals as well as technologies that aid in self-management of weight.
What is being tested
- phenotyping (other)
Sponsor: University of Michigan · Participants: 3,200 · Started: 2009-08
Contact the study team
- Amy E Rothberg, MD, PhD · Phone: 734-647-5871
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT02043457
Locations in the U.S.
| Michigan | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.