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Mediterranean diet and physical activity for Cardiometabolic Risk (MEx Trial)

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Led By Benoît Lamarche, PhD

Research Sponsored by Laval University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 16.3 week (114 days)

Awards & highlights

MEx Trial Summary

This trial is testing whether the combination of a healthy diet and physical activity is better than either one alone in terms of reducing risk for cardiovascular disease.

MEx Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 16.3 week (114 days)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~16.3 week (114 days)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 16.3 week (114 days) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

1. Serum 4-hour post-prandial TG concentrations

Secondary outcome measures

Cardiac chamber volumes

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP)

Left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain

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Other outcome measures

Change (week 0 vs week 16) in android obesity

Gut microbiota

MEx Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Physical activity (PA)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group II: Mediterranean diet and physical activityExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group III: Mediterranean diet (MedDiet)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group IV: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Physical activity (PA)

2013

N/A

~90

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Laval UniversityLead Sponsor

417 Previous Clinical Trials

172,072 Total Patients Enrolled

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV

1,344 Previous Clinical Trials

26,453,217 Total Patients Enrolled

Benoît Lamarche, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorLaval University

15 Previous Clinical Trials

21,203 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many people can participate in this experiment?

"Affirmative. Per the data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical research is still in search of volunteers. It was first shared to the public on October 22nd 2018 and its most recent update was August 15th 2022. 200 people are being sought out from one single site"

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Does this research program accept individuals seventy years and older?

"This medical study is open to patients aged 18-70. For those younger or older than the specified age range, there are separate trials available with 2 and 3 respectively."

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Would I be eligible to join this research experiment?

"To participate in this research, participants need to be aged between 18 and 70 with cardiometabolic risks. The team is hoping to recruit roughly 200 individuals for the trial."

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Is this clinical investigation open to recruitment at the current time?

"Affirmative. According to details posted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is actively recruiting individuals. The study was first created in October of 2018 and last updated in August 2022; it seeks 200 participants at a single site for enrolment."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Combining a Mediterranean Diet With Physical Activity to Address Cardiometabolic Risk

Benoit Lamarche 2018. "Combining a Mediterranean Diet With Physical Activity to Address Cardiometabolic Risk". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03731013.

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