Drexel University

Summary

Drexel University is a medical facility located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This center is recognized for care of Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Weight Loss, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa and other specialties. Drexel University is involved with conducting 99 clinical trials across 193 conditions. There are 4 research doctors associated with this hospital, such as Dong Heun Lee, MD, Evan Forman, Ph.D, Paakhi Srivastava, Ph.D, and Renee M Turchi, MD, MPH.

Top PIs

Clinical Trials running at Drexel University

Obesity

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Childhood Obesity

Anxiety Disorders

Weight Loss

Autism

Dementia

Binge Eating

Survivorship

Healthy Subjects

Patient Navigator Program

for Obesity

Evidence-based interventions for overweight and obesity are underutilized. The utilization and efficacy of these interventions may improve with the implementation of a patient navigator program, as has been practiced in other fields (e.g., cancer). The proposed study will enroll adults ("index participants") (N=68) with overweight/obesity in a 12-month program in which they will be provided with a navigator who will help them understand their options for evidence-based weight loss intervention and who will promote initiation and continued engagement with an intervention option. The project will provide information about how well received the navigator program is and the extent to which it works as expected.

Recruiting

1 award

N/A

1 criteria

Weight Loss Maintenance

for Obesity

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the physiological basis for the differences in weight regain among adults (25-59 years old) with obesity following participation in a behavioral weight loss program. Eligible participants will undergo a baseline evaluation after which they will enter an up to 20 week behavioral weight loss program with the goal of losing at least 7 percent of their baseline weight within 35 weeks. Participants who meet the weight loss goal will be asked to remain weight stable for 2 weeks after which they will undergo a clinical examination. They will then be observed for 1 year during which they will undergo 2 additional clinical examinations, one 4 months after completing the weight loss program, and the other 12 months after completing the weight loss program.

Recruiting

1 award

N/A

Ultra-Processed Foods' Impact on Obesity

for

The changing food environment, with increasingly abundant ultra-processed food (UPF) options, may directly contribute to rising rates of obesity, though it is unknown which ingredients in UPF elevate their reinforcing nature in a way that may lead to overconsumption. The proposed study is the first to systematically examine differences in the rewarding characteristics of and physiological and metabolic responses to UPFs that are high in fat, refined carbohydrates (like sugar), or both. Understanding the biobehavioral underpinnings that enhance the reinforcing potential of ingredients in UPF (e.g., fat vs. refined carbohydrates) can inform novel intervention targets for the treatment of overeating and obesity.

Recruiting

1 award

N/A

5 criteria