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Filter by:Objective: To determine the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on postpartum weight retention. Methods: 66 subjects after delivery with postpartum weight retention will be randomly divided into laser acupuncture and control group. A single-blind clinical trial will be conducted and the subjects will be treated with verum or sham laser acupuncture 5 sessions per week. After about 3 weeks of treatment, the differences of the subjects' body weight, body mass index, and waist circumference will be analyzed with ANOVA between laser acupuncture and control group.
This study will test the effectiveness of a mobile application that uses an Application Program Interface (API) to distribute evidence-based weight loss interventions. Half of the participants will receive this API-based application, and the other half of the participants will use a non API-based application.
Nutrition and exercise behaviour change programs can prevent excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG). The Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) is a previously published two-behaviour change program which was successful in preventing EGWG across normal weight, overweight and obese pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) categories (Ruchat et al. 2012; Mottola et al. 2010), however some women found it difficult to adhere to two lifestyle behaviour changes throughout pregnancy. The proposed pilot randomized controlled trial will address the issue of adherence by identifying the best way to offer a two-behaviour change program (NELIP) to pregnant women to increase the effectiveness of preventing early and total EGWG. Participants will begin the program at <18 weeks gestation and will be randomized to one of three groups: A) Receive both behaviour changes (Nutrition AND Exercise) simultaneously at entrance to the study; B) Receive the nutrition component first followed sequentially by the introduction of exercise at 25 weeks gestation (Nutrition FOLLOWED by Exercise); C) Receive the exercise component first followed sequentially by the introduction of the nutrition component at 25 weeks gestation (Exercise FOLLOWED by Nutrition).
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the method of choice in breast cancer to perform the loco-regional staging and direct the treatment. European Guidelines (EUSOMA) currently recommend MRI for initial evaluation and assessement of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response, for breast cancer. The standard of care consists of realizing a MRI before the start of the NAC and another one after it's ended, six months later. There is currently no consensus on the realization of an interval MRI for early assessment of the chemosensitivity of the tumor. It would allow though alterations in the therapeutic regimen in the event of a non response. Similarly, there is no consensus on when this interval MRI should be performed. Some recent studies suggest that Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging is interesting for the evaluation of the early response. However, these are preliminary studies with quantitative measures realized by the region of interest (ROI) method. A response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy results in elevated values of apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC). The investigator's goal for this study is to evaluate the reliability of diffusion as tumor biomarker. Therefore, they will study the quantitative analysis of the diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance sequences in the pre-therapeutic assessment and the early and late follow-up of breast cancers under neoadjuvant treatment (chemotherapy, hormonotherapy...) within the CHU Brugmann hospital. The results of this analysis will be compared with the MRI results obtained at the end of the treatment and with the histology of the initial biopsy and the surgical specimen. The expected benefits are: - to establish correlations between apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) values and histology - to observe changes in the ADC according to the type of response: ADC increase in the event of partial response, ADC stability in the event of non response, ADC decrease in the event of a progression, absence of restriction in the event of a complete response. - to confirm that diffusion weighted MRI within a short interval (after one cure, at one month) has a predictive value for the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response.
The purpose of this prospective single center study is to investigate if a developed program is more accurate than the anesthesia tape ("Anästhesie-Lineal"). For this study 1000 patients are required to collect anonymized data (length, weight, age, anesthesia material used during anesthesia) for achieving a power of 80% during statistical analysis. The main hypothesis ist that the program has a better accuracy than the anesthesia tape ("Anästhesie-Lineal").
The DREAM study will assess the diagnostic accuracy of diffusion-weighted MRI in combination with other imaging modalities (multiparametric MRI and CT Scan) in determining the true status of disappearing liver metastasis (DLM) detected after conversion systemic therapy for unresectable or borderline resectable colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM).
Using FitBit activity monitors, physical activity levels will be monitored in first year medical students. Body Composition will be measured as well.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the Carboxipeptidase D (CPD) genotyping as a predictive biomarker of body weight and/or fat mass reduction in obese patients treated with perindopril. There is nonclinical and clinical evidence that a subgroup of human subjects may present a decrease in body weight and/or fat mass following treatment with perindopril. Although the individual characteristics that determine such effect are still unknown, Gene PreDiT SA (Biocant Park, Cantanhede, Portugal) discovered that certain genetic characteristics (e.g., single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CPD gene) may play a role and potentially could serve as a potential predictive biomarker of response to perindopril. These promising results, along with the fact that perindopril is a medicine already in use in clinical practice, led Gene PreDiT SA to decide to proceed with the development of a theranostic approach for the treatment of obesity. Such theranostic approach consists on the use of CPD genotyping to identify obese subjects that could present improved body weight and fat mass reduction following treatment with perindopril. The current clinical trial aims to prove the concept and provide data to design further confirmatory studies. Additionally this study will evaluate the association between CPD SNPs genotypes and response to perindopril; the effect of perindopril in waist circumference, waist/hip ratio, and BMI and the tolerability and safety of perindopril in the study population.
Randomized study evaluating self-hypnosis versus certified diabetes educator training for weight loss in type 2 diabetics.
Physical inactivity occurs among 65% to 95% of youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and based upon limited evidence may contribute to the rapidly growing incidence of overweight among this population. The purpose of the present study is to pilot test a 12-week intensive lifestyle program for adolescents with overweight and T1D utilizing group exercise classes adapted for this population, supplemented with coping skills training and diabetes self-management education to address problem solving behaviors that limit their physical activity and weight control. Our primary aim is to evaluate the changes in physical activity adherence, anthropometrics, and self-management behaviors following this program among sedentary adolescents with T1D and overweight (n=25, OW) compared with sedentary adolescents with T1D and normal weight (n=25, NW). We hypothesize that the OW group will achieve improve physical activity adherence and anthropometrics to the same or greater extent as the NW group and previous Bright Bodies cohorts, and that these changes will correlate with improved exercise-related problem solving. Our secondary aim is to evaluate changes in adipocytokines and epigenetic factors related to the etiology of overweight/obesity following our physical activity intervention. We hypothesize changes in these biomarkers will correlate with changes in anthropometry variables and partially explain any differences in response between the groups and individuals should those occur.