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Childhood Obesity: later-stage trial registry

14 of 44 indexed Childhood Obesity trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #330 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

44 US clinical trials · 14 currently recruiting · #330 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Childhood Obesity: 44 US clinical trials tracked, 14 recruiting.

Childhood Obesity is the subject of 44 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 14 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 0 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Pennington Biomedical Research Center, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition childhood-obesity

OPEN 14 | RECR 32% | LATE 2 | EARLY 0 | RANK #330 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (32% recruiting · 22 trials)

Esophageal Adenocarcinoma61.4%Anorexia Nervosa54.5%Castration-Resistant Prostat38.6%Childhood Obesity (this)32%Alcohol Dependence18.2%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity lists 14 open slots (32% of 44 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Childhood Obesity on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Childhood Obesity is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    14 of 44 indexed trials (31.8%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Childhood Obesity trials is spread across many organizations.

    Pennington Biomedical Research Center accounts for 3 of 44 trials (6.8%). 34 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Childhood Obesity enrolment sits around 182 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 182 among the 44 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 16 of those (36.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Childhood Obesity research is mostly interventional.

    38 interventional and 6 observational studies make up this index (86.4% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 31Phase 41

Open and recent trials

44 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 900 participants

The Dose Trial: Dose Intensity of Behavioral Interventions for Childhood Obesity

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT06654323

RECRUITING NA 750 participants

The ADAPT Trial: Adapting Evidence-Based Obesity Interventions in Community Settings

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT06546696

RECRUITING NA 600 participants

Mountain West Prevention Research Center Core Research Project

Paul Estabrooks

NCT07479498

RECRUITING 400 participants

Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Montefiore Medical Center

NCT03402139

RECRUITING NA 375 participants

Integrating Food Rx With Best Feeding Practices With EFNEP

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT05881759

RECRUITING NA 330 participants

Genetic Risk, Parental Feeding Practices, and Appetitive Traits in Early Life

Trustees of Dartmouth College

NCT06534541

RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Reducing Obesity Through Play Among Toddlers: Tiny Steps to Health (TSHS) Study

University of Houston

NCT06918821

RECRUITING NA 260 participants

Adaptive Mechanisms Responsible for Weight Change in Youth With Obesity

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

NCT05125822

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Postnatal Exercise to Activate Baby's Brown Fat

Joslin Diabetes Center

NCT07467694

RECRUITING NA 182 participants

Family Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT05606731

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

In-Person Lifestyle Program for Black Adolescent Girls at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Cornell University

NCT06557317

RECRUITING NA 48 participants

Maternal Smoking Cessation and Pediatric Obesity Prevention

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT03514602

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

EBT Fruit and Vegetable Prescription

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

NCT05028205

RECRUITING 12 participants

Whole Transcriptome Profiling and Metabolic Phenotyping in Children With ROHHAD Syndrome

Columbia University

NCT02602769

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 824 participants

A Cluster Randomized Trial of the H2GO! Program

Boston University

NCT04265794

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 167 participants

Family, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Latino Caregivers (FRESH-LC)

University of California, San Diego

NCT05437406

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 63 participants

Brain Activation and Satiety in Children 2

Seattle Children's Hospital

NCT04520490

COMPLETED 7,806 participants

International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT01722500

COMPLETED 3,000 participants

Vanderbilt Childhood Obesity Registry

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT02957916

COMPLETED NA 1,973 participants

Weight Stigma by Association in Parent-Child Dyads

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT04829162

COMPLETED NA 1,000 participants

Turn up the HEAT - Healthy Eating and Activity Time in Summer Day Camps

University of South Carolina

NCT02161809

COMPLETED NA 966 participants

YMCA-Physical Activity and Nutrition

University of Kansas

NCT01107678

COMPLETED NA 965 participants

Healthy Weight Poster, Multi-site Study

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT03128112

COMPLETED NA 541 participants

SDSU MOVE/Me Muevo Project

San Diego State University

NCT00381069

COMPLETED NA 327 participants

A Trial of an Integrated Clinic-community Intervention in Children and Adolescents With Obesity (Hearts and Parks)

Duke University

NCT03339440

COMPLETED NA 300 participants

Brief Physical Activity Program to Increase Physical Fitness in Elementary School Children

Marshall University

NCT02087774

COMPLETED NA 289 participants

Coordination of Care Between Pediatricians and Women Infants & Children Nutritionists

Penn State University

NCT03482908

COMPLETED NA 202 participants

Active Recreation Through Community-Healthcare Engagement Study

Duke University

NCT03246763

COMPLETED NA 177 participants

Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Early Guidance

Arizona State University

NCT01905072

COMPLETED 175 participants

Physical Activity and Screen-Time Regulations in Childcare Centers - Aim 2

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT02751814

COMPLETED NA 131 participants

Feeding, Fun, and Families Study

Temple University

NCT03646201

COMPLETED NA 129 participants

Environmental Influences on Early Childhood Obesity

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT02703688

COMPLETED NA 102 participants

Role of Carbohydrate Modification in Weight Management Among Obese Children

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT00215111

COMPLETED NA 83 participants

Families Becoming Healthy Together

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

NCT04027426

COMPLETED NA 65 participants

PREVENT Tool Study: Late Effects Clinic

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT04530825

COMPLETED NA 61 participants

Club Fit: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating at an After School Program

Mayo Clinic

NCT03189979

COMPLETED 60 participants

Shape Up Kids Fitness Ancillary

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT03624582

COMPLETED NA 59 participants

A Mobile Phone Based Pilot Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Latino Preschool Children

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT04261985

COMPLETED NA 43 participants

Family Based Time-Restricted Eating

University of Minnesota

NCT05107726

COMPLETED Phase 4 42 participants

A Pharmacokinetic Study Comparing VI-0521 With Placebo in Obese Adolescents

VIVUS

NCT02714062

COMPLETED NA 39 participants

Active Class Space Metabolic Benefits Study

University of Michigan

NCT02831309

COMPLETED NA 34 participants

Parent Partnership Project

Seattle Children's Hospital

NCT01789944

COMPLETED NA 24 participants

Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Teens With Type 2 Diabetes

Nemours Children's Clinic

NCT05422807

COMPLETED NA 15 participants

Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH)

Penn State University

NCT05824741

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Childhood Obesity records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
2 trials
PREVENT Tool Other
1 trials
Wait-List Control Other
1 trials
6 minutes activity Behavioral
1 trials
Mother with obesity, son with obesity Other
1 trials
Mother without obesity, daughter without obesity Other
1 trials
Mother without obesity, daughter with obesity Other
1 trials
Mother with obesity, daughter without obesity Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Childhood Obesity trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Tennessee 5 trials
Louisiana 5 trials
California 5 trials
New York 4 trials
Washington 3 trials
Texas 3 trials
Pennsylvania 3 trials
North Carolina 3 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Childhood Obesity page

44 registered trials, 14 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Childhood Obesity condition card totals 44 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Tennessee. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.