NCT03369691Completed
Ethnic Influences on Stress, Energy Balance and Obesity in Adolescents
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study will examine the mechanisms linking race, stress and biobehavioral factors to energy balance and obesity in both natural and controlled environments in African-American and Caucasian adolescent females. A Hispanic/Latina cohort has recently been added with permission for the sponsor.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 258 (actual)
- First submitted
- 1 Dec 2017
- Start date
- 16 Dec 2017
- Primary completion date
- 7 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT03369691
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 258
- From 16 Dec 2017 to the primary completion date, 7 Feb 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Participants with a BMI below the normal range, trying to lose weight, on medications that affect appetite or hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, or with a history of bariatric surgery, will be excluded.
- Restrained or binge eaters, individuals who score below 50 on a 100 mm Visual Analog Scale for foods provided in the study, or those allergic to these foods will be excluded.
- Participants with major psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, eating, mood, substance use disorders) or medical problems (e.g., endocrine disorders or unstable cardiac, pulmonary or renal conditions) will be excluded.
Other
- Pregnant females, or those suspected of being pregnant, will be excluded.
Who the study is looking for
- African-American, Hispanic, Non-Hispanic White females from 13-17 years old and Tanner Stage ≥III.
- BMI values will be balanced (1/3rd normal, 1/3rd overweight and 1/3rd obese range percentile BMI values) using Center for Disease Control criteria
Age in the registry: 13 years to 17 years · Sex: Female · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universty of California, Irvine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irvine | United States | Unknown status |
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