NCT04131647Active, not recruiting
Promotion of Weight Management
Promotion of Successful Weight Management in Overweight and Obese Veterans
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The identification of intermittent fasting as an alternative method to traditional weight maintenance protocols could have a significant impact on preventing body weight regain common after successful weight loss, and potentially lead to a reduction in pharmaceutical and clinical costs related to the care of overweight and obese adults.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 175 (actual)
- First submitted
- 16 Oct 2019
- Start date
- 1 Mar 2021
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2025
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04131647
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 175
- From 1 Mar 2021 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2025
- 2 sites 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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Prior treatment
- Self-reported alcohol or drug abuse
Other illness
- Neurologic, musculoskeletal, or other condition that limits subject's ability to complete study physical assessments
- Active inflammatory, autoimmune, infectious, hepatic, gastrointestinal, malignant, and psychiatric disease
Lab values
- Uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c \>10% or the current use of insulin)
- Anti-coagulant medication for muscle biopsies only Impaired renal function (creatinine \> 1.5 mg/dl) History or evidence of serious liver disease (LFTs \> 2.5 x WNL)
Other
- Weight change within the past month of \>5 kg
Who the study is looking for
- Veteran
- 50-75 years of age
- BMI: 25-40 kg/m2
- Postmenopausal status for women
Age in the registry: 50 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| South Texas Health Care System, San Antonio, TX Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
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