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Obesity, Childhood: early-phase trial registry

25 of 54 indexed Obesity, Childhood trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #261 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

54 US clinical trials · 25 currently recruiting · #261 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Obesity, Childhood: 54 US clinical trials tracked, 25 recruiting.

Obesity, Childhood is the subject of 54 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 25 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 7 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Minnesota, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition obesity-childhood

OPEN 25 | RECR 46% | LATE 0 | EARLY 7 | RANK #261 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Geographic Atrophy (46% recruiting · 28 trials)

Cirrhosis53.7%Colorectal Carcinoma51.9%Obesity, Childhood (this)46%Melanoma13%Brain and Central Nervous Sy1.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Obesity, Childhood

Obesity, Childhood lists 25 open slots (46% of 54 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 Obesity, Childhood 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. Obesity, Childhood is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    25 of 54 indexed trials (46.3%) 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 Obesity, Childhood trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of Minnesota accounts for 3 of 54 trials (5.6%). 39 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Obesity, Childhood enrolment sits around 155 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 155 among the 54 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 18 of those (33.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Obesity, Childhood research is mostly interventional.

    45 interventional and 9 observational studies make up this index (83.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 13Phase 24

Open and recent trials

54 total, page 1 of 2

RECRUITING NA 1,200 participants

Mobile Apps for Preschool Parents (MAPP) Study

Pamela Hull

NCT06520072

RECRUITING 1,000 participants

Blood Collection Biorepository for Liver Disease Research

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT03025074

RECRUITING Phase 2 800 participants

Food-Body-Mind Intervention (16 Weeks)

Michigan State University

NCT06597474

RECRUITING NA 770 participants

Increasing Food Literacy in Preschoolers to Reduce Obesity Risk

Penn State University

NCT05977348

RECRUITING Phase 1 600 participants

Vaginal Microbiome Seeding and Health Outcomes in Cesarean-delivered Neonates.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NCT03298334

RECRUITING NA 576 participants

A Primary Care Based Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity Among Low-income Latino Children

University of California, San Francisco

NCT06398509

RECRUITING NA 520 participants

NOURISH-T+: Promoting Healthy Eating and Exercise Behaviors

University of South Florida

NCT04656496

RECRUITING 500 participants

Genetic Disorders of Obesity Program Database

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT05747976

RECRUITING NA 500 participants

Comparative-effectiveness of a Healthy Lifestyle and Asthma Management Program, In-person vs. ONline

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT06432790

RECRUITING 400 participants

Bringing Weight Management Into the Primary Care Pediatric Practice

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT05950620

RECRUITING NA 330 participants

The LEADS Trial (Linking Exericise for Advancing Daily Stress Management)

University of South Carolina

NCT07176234

RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Mother-Baby Study - Observational

University of Michigan

NCT06039878

RECRUITING NA 280 participants

Family, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Food Responsiveness

University of California, San Diego

NCT06207110

RECRUITING NA 242 participants

Food Genetics Behavior Study

University of Pennsylvania

NCT05783765

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Intervention INC: An Interactive Family-centered mHealth Tool to Reduce Obesity Risk in Urban Minority Preadolescents

Tufts University

NCT05935592

RECRUITING 200 participants

Resilience to the Effects of Advertising in Children

Penn State University

NCT05073185

RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Family, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Families With a Child With Autism

University of California, San Diego

NCT05741840

RECRUITING Phase 2 144 participants

A Novel Obesity Prevention Program for High-Risk Infants in Primary Care

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT06028113

RECRUITING NA 120 participants

Project REST: Regulation of Eating and Sleep Topography

University of Pittsburgh

NCT04057716

RECRUITING 117 participants

Brain Health in Youth With Normal Weight, Overweight and Obesity at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT05277558

RECRUITING 60 participants

Breastmilk in Response to a Bout of Exercise

Mayo Clinic

NCT06892483

RECRUITING 60 participants

Interoception and Eating Behaviors in Children

Penn State University

NCT06504654

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Whole Foods for Teens: A Pilot Dietary Intervention to Reduce Body Adiposity in Adolescents With Obesity

Vanderbilt University

NCT06464497

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Semaglutide Effects in Obese Youth With Prediabetes/New Onset Type 2 Diabetes and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Yale University

NCT05067621

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Brief Behavioral Sleep Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Primary Care

Temple University

NCT06810557

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 1,850 participants

Adaptive Implementation to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings

University of Arkansas

NCT05050539

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 1,000 participants

Improving Participation in Universal School Meals (USM)

Temple University

NCT06579079

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 360 participants

FIT Families Multicomponent Obesity Intervention for African American Adolescents

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT04974554

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 187 participants

Efficacy Trial Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids for Hispanic Fathers and Children

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT05334420

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 182 participants

Dissemination and Implementation of the Bright Bodies Intervention for Childhood Obesity

Yale University

NCT05595161

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Brighter Bites & University of Texas Physicians Produce Rx Extension: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Prospective Clinical Nutrition Study With Produce Prescriptions

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT06390397

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 120 participants

Lifestyle Counseling and Medication for Adolescent Weight Management

University of Minnesota

NCT04873245

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 115 participants

Reducing Maternal Stress to Improve Obesity-related Parenting Practices

American University

NCT05032430

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 108 participants

RYSE Family-based Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Obesity

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT05212155

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 62 participants

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Topiramate for Weight Loss in Youth: PHARMATOP

University of Minnesota

NCT04986631

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

The Bennett Kids PowerUP Project

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT05858580

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 44 participants

Vyvanse in Children Aged 6 to 12 Years

University of Minnesota

NCT05416125

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Family-Based Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT05756361

COMPLETED NA 2,374 participants

Studying the Impact of Product Packaging in a Virtual Store Environment

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT04381481

COMPLETED 772 participants

Conventional and Metabolomic Predictors of Prediabetes & Insulin Resistance

University of Michigan

NCT05055219

COMPLETED NA 543 participants

Online Videos and New Feeding Content to Enhance a Current EFNEP Program

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT03170700

COMPLETED NA 201 participants

Fit 5 Kids Screen Time Reduction Curriculum for Latino Preschoolers

Seattle Children's Hospital

NCT03575884

COMPLETED NA 178 participants

Intervention INC: Interactive Nutrition Comics for Urban Minority Youth

Hunter College of City University of New York

NCT03165474

COMPLETED NA 155 participants

Baby-Feed Web Application for Infant Caregivers to Improve Diets and Weight Gain

Florida International University

NCT05990439

COMPLETED NA 120 participants

Intervention to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption in Children and Families

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT04886817

COMPLETED NA 92 participants

Trial on the Effect of Media Multi-tasking on Attention to Food Cues and Cued Overeating

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT03882957

COMPLETED NA 77 participants

In-home Obesity Prevention to Reach Low-income Infants

University of Southern California

NCT03529695

COMPLETED NA 50 participants

Time Limited Eating in Adolescents (Time LEAd): a Pilot Study

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

NCT03954223

COMPLETED NA 38 participants

Mechanisms of Obesity and Its Metabolic Complications in Youth

Yale University

NCT03454828

COMPLETED NA 34 participants

Family Diabetes Prevention Program Pilot Study

Johns Hopkins University

NCT05358444

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 3
Phase 2 4

Named interventions

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

Low sugar and carbohydrate diet Behavioral
1 trials
MATADORS Control Behavioral
1 trials
MATADORS Behavioral
1 trials
Nutrition program with online parental feeding content Behavioral
1 trials
Nutrition program with in-person parental feeding content Behavioral
1 trials
protein-sparing modified fast diet Other
1 trials
Omega-3 Breakfast Beverage Dietary supplement
1 trials
Control Breakfast Beverage Dietary supplement
1 trials

US sites by state

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

Pennsylvania 8 trials
California 6 trials
New York 5 trials
Minnesota 5 trials
Texas 4 trials
South Carolina 3 trials
North Carolina 3 trials
Missouri 3 trials

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

What to do with this Obesity, Childhood page

54 registered trials, 25 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 Obesity, Childhood condition card totals 54 registered trials; most-linked intervention Low sugar and carbohydrate diet; top US site state Pennsylvania. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.