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Diet and Exercise Plus Metformin to Treat Frailty in Obese Seniors (External Link)
The growing prevalence of obesity in older adults including many older Veterans, has become a major concern in the US already strained health care system in general and in the …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
The i Heart Rhythm Project: Healthy Sleep and Behavioral Rhythms for Obesity Prevention (External Link)
The current study employs a 2 group randomized control design (treatment and no-treatment control) with randomization occurring after baseline (time 0) and 3 additional evaluation periods (end of intervention (time …
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Glycine "Deficiency" and the Kinetics of Acylglycine in Morbid Obesity (External Link)
This study aims to evaluate the effects of oral glycine supplementation on plasma glycine concentration, intracellular glutathione (GSH) concentration, plasma acylglycine concentration, urine acylglycine concentration, and insulin resistance in subjects …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Electrical Stimulation for Critically Ill Covid-19 Patients (External Link)
Phase I: The purpose of this study is to test feasibility and proof-of-concept effectiveness of lower extremity electrical stimulation (EE) therapy to prevent muscular complications of COVID-19 including hospital-acquired weakness …
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Genetic Disorders of Obesity Program Database (External Link)
Children and adolescents who have suffered from severe weight gain prior to 5 years of age and who are seen in the Genetic Disorders of Obesity Program at Texas Children …
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Peppermint Oil Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics (External Link)
An initial single-dose PK study will be carried out. Forty-two children (n=21 per dose) will be randomized to receive approximately 10.9 mg·kg-1·d-1 of PMO or to receive approximately 18.2 mg·kg-1·d-1 …
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Causal Mechanisms in Adolescent Arterial Stiffness (External Link)
Aortic stiffness measured in adolescence or adulthood determines current hypertension, predicts future incidence of hypertension, and future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events. International hypertension guidelines list severe aortic stiffness as …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Advancing Nutritional Science for Children With Functional Dyspepsia (External Link)
Food can often exacerbate gastrointestinal symptoms in adults and children with functional dyspepsia. However, it is unclear which foods exacerbate symptoms more than others. Children with post-prandial distress functional dyspepsia …
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Preventing Persistent Post-Surgical Pain and Dysfunction (External Link)
Persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP) is a common and debilitating problem following surgery.1 Orthopedic surgeries, such as Total Knee Arthoplasty (TKA), are consistently associated with high postoperative pain, putting patients at …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Effect of Opioids on Ventilation in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea (External Link)
Ventilatory suppression in children following opioid administration is of obvious concern, especially following routine surgical procedures (i.e. adenotonsillectomy). It is thought that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have increased …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor