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The Safety and Effectiveness of Low and High Carbohydrate Diets

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00079547

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Official title

The Safety and Efficacy of Low and High Carbohydrate Diets

Brief summary

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This study will compare the safety and the effectiveness of a low carbohydrate diet (Atkins diet) with a high carbohydrate diet (conventional USDA diet).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00079547
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Temple University
Other
Enrollment
307 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 31, 2003
Primary completion
Feb 29, 2008
Completion
Feb 29, 2008
Last update posted
Jun 30, 2013

2003 – 2008

United States locations

U.S. sites
3
U.S. states
3
U.S. cities
3
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Colorado Denver Colorado 80262
Washington University St Louis Missouri 63110
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104

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