Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
Description Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Description Module
Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-26 @ 11:10 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-26 @ 11:10 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00694512
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how diet affects the hormone ghrelin. Ghrelin is made in the stomach and causes appetite to increase. Learning about ghrelin will help the investigators understand more about obesity.
Detailed Description:
Control subjects will be provided 3 different diets for 2 weeks each. At the end of each diet period participants will be admitted to OHSU Clinical Translation Research Center (CTRC) for blood sampling every 30 minutes for 13.5 hours, to measure levels of hormones. Participants will also have a DXA scan to measure body composition.
PWS subjects will have one admission after eating a standardized diet prepared by caregivers for 2 weeks.
Study:
NCT00694512
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00694512