A High Protein Diet and Weight Maintenance

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: VLED followed by a high protein or high carbohydrate diet

• Registration Number: NCT00625235
• Lead Sponsor: University of Melbourne

Brief Summary

An investigation into long term weight maintenance using a high protein or high carbohydrate diet, after a large and rapid weight loss.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2003-06
• Study Start: 2003-07
• Primary Completion: 2006-01
• Study Completion: 2006-01
• Study First Submitted: 2008-02-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2008-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 2008-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy men and women with a BMI >27kg/m2 with co-morbities or BMI >30kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria

• people with Type II diabetes or other endocrine disorders, women who were pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	VLED followed by a high protein or high carbohydrate diet	High Carbohydrate diet
2	VLED followed by a high protein or high carbohydrate diet	High Protein diet

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body weight	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cardiovascular risk factors	12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Medicine, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital; 🇦🇺 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia