"Pecos" B-adrenergic and PPAR-G Stimulation Upregulates Lipid Metabolism in Human Subcutaneous Fat
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00377975. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Synergistic Induction of UCP-1 by Ephedrine/Caffeine and Pioglitazone: A Rationale for Combination Therapy of Obesity
Brief summary
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This study compares four treatments to see which one causes the most weight loss, fat loss, loss of abdominal fat and improvement in blood tests like cholesterol. The four treatments are: Placebo, Ephedrine plus caffeine, Pioglitazone, Combined pioglitazone and ephedrine plus caffeine
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00377975
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 96 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 50 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
- Jan 2003 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Nov 2004 (Type not available)
- Last update posted
- Jan 25, 2016
2003 – 2004
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 70808 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 25, 2016 · Synced Oct 17, 2026
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