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Pediatric Obesity: early-phase trial registry

19 of 46 indexed Pediatric Obesity trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #312 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

46 US clinical trials · 19 currently recruiting · #312 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Pediatric Obesity: 46 US clinical trials tracked, 19 recruiting.

Pediatric Obesity is the subject of 46 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 19 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Duke University, running 8 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition pediatric-obesity

OPEN 19 | RECR 41% | LATE 2 | EARLY 4 | RANK #312 | SPON 8

Nearest open-share peer: Bladder Cancer (41% recruiting · 179 trials)

Cognitive Dysfunction50%Endothelial Dysfunction45.7%Cigarette Smoking43.5%Pediatric Obesity (this)41%Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcin30.4%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Pediatric Obesity

Pediatric Obesity lists 19 open slots (41% of 46 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 Pediatric 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. Pediatric Obesity recruits in line with its size-band peers.

    19 of 46 indexed trials (41.3%) 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. One sponsor concentrates Pediatric Obesity research.

    Duke University accounts for 8 of 46 trials (17.4%). 30 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Pediatric Obesity enrolment sits around 94 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 94 among the 46 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 24 of those (52.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Pediatric Obesity research is mostly interventional.

    41 interventional and 5 observational studies make up this index (89.1% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23Phase 42

Open and recent trials

46 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 1,024 participants

iAmHealthy Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG)

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT06888011

RECRUITING Phase 2 480 participants

Healthy Kids Beyond the Bell: Investigating the Impact of After-School and Summer Programs

University of South Carolina

NCT05880901

RECRUITING NA 416 participants

Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children

Temple University

NCT06111040

RECRUITING NA 400 participants

Parks & Pediatrics Fit Together

Duke University

NCT05455190

RECRUITING Phase 2 360 participants

Determining the Optimal Amount of Structured Environments for Healthy Kids

University of South Carolina

NCT06158594

RECRUITING 250 participants

Developmental Trajectories of Reinforcer Pathology and Childhood Obesity

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT07229508

RECRUITING NA 228 participants

Nutrition and Obesity in Under-Represented Populations: Food Insecurity Research to Advance Science and Improve Health

Duke University

NCT06116422

RECRUITING 180 participants

Project THINK: Trajectories of Health, Ingestive Behaviors, and Neurocognition in Kids

University of Pittsburgh

NCT04701671

RECRUITING NA 120 participants

Early vs. Late Time-Restricted Eating in Adolescents With Obesity (EL TREA)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

NCT05740254

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Monitoring Eating Across Locations (MEAL) - Timing, Intake, and Mealtime Evaluation (TIME)

Penn State University

NCT07095166

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Time Limited Eating in Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes (KT2D)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

NCT04536480

RECRUITING NA 90 participants

Dyad Plus Effectiveness/Feasibility

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT04036331

RECRUITING NA 76 participants

Mechanistic Study of Inspiratory Training in Childhood Asthma (MICA)

Duke University

NCT05945355

RECRUITING NA 76 participants

Assessing Better Bottles for Babies

Duke University

NCT06357299

RECRUITING NA 64 participants

Growing Healthy Children and Families in Rural Arkansas

University of Arkansas

NCT06565455

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Inspiratory Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Children With Obesity and Asthma

Duke University

NCT05608668

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

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

Cornell University

NCT06557317

RECRUITING NA 36 participants

A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT06981429

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors in Children and Adolescents With Obesity

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT06254768

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 554 participants

Childhood Obesity Treatment Designed for Low Income and Hispanic Families

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05041855

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 480 participants

iAmHealthy Parents First: A Televideo Parent and Child Obesity Program for Rural Families

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT05612971

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 132 participants

Preventing Diabetes in Latino Families

Arizona State University

NCT05228522

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 90 participants

Causal Mechanisms in Adolescent Arterial Stiffness

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT04128969

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 88 participants

Surgical or Medical Treatment

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT04128995

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 13 participants

Phentermine/Topiramate in Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

University of Minnesota

NCT04881799

COMPLETED 3,000 participants

Vanderbilt Childhood Obesity Registry

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT02957916

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 286 participants

Childcare Outdoor Learning Environments as Active Food Systems

North Carolina State University

NCT04864574

COMPLETED NA 184 participants

NOURISH: Nourishing Our Understanding of Role Modeling to Improve Support and Health

Virginia Commonwealth University

NCT00628030

COMPLETED NA 161 participants

An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

NCT03500835

COMPLETED NA 126 participants

Weight Loss With Meal-Replacement Therapy in Teens

University of Minnesota

NCT03137433

COMPLETED NA 112 participants

Vitamin D Oral Replacement in Asthma

IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network

NCT03686150

COMPLETED NA 110 participants

Study of a Structured Parent Intervention on Adolescent Weight Loss Modification Program.

Virginia Commonwealth University

NCT02086851

COMPLETED NA 94 participants

Translating Habituation Research to Interventions for Pediatric Obesity

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT01208870

COMPLETED NA 80 participants

The Role of High Intensity Interval Training in the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity

Virginia Commonwealth University

NCT03361644

COMPLETED 59 participants

The BEACH Interview Study- Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

University of Florida

NCT03036696

COMPLETED Phase 4 42 participants

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

VIVUS

NCT02714062

COMPLETED NA 35 participants

Sedentary Behavior and Health Outcomes Study

University of Southern California

NCT03153930

COMPLETED NA 34 participants

Cognitive Aspects of Response to Treatment for Weight-related Health to Improve Eating and Exercise Earlier in Life

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT03329300

COMPLETED NA 33 participants

Childhood Obesity Microbiome Study

Duke University

NCT04770311

COMPLETED NA 32 participants

PrOtein and WEight Loss in teenageRs

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT02079831

COMPLETED NA 30 participants

Healthy Eating for My Infant (HEMI)

University of Cincinnati

NCT04977947

COMPLETED 30 participants

Working Memory in Overweight Children With and Without Loss of Control Eating

The Miriam Hospital

NCT04117542

COMPLETED NA 27 participants

Inspiratory Muscle Rehabilitation in Children With Obesity

Duke University

NCT05412134

COMPLETED NA 26 participants

Improvement of Fitness in Obese Children

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NCT03483454

COMPLETED NA 20 participants

Family-based Lifestyle Intervention Program and Carotenoid Supplementation for Children With Obesity

Nemours Children's Clinic

NCT02060279

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

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

Summer day camp Behavioral
2 trials
Pro2 - 15% of participant's MIP Device
2 trials
Lifestyle Intervention Behavioral
2 trials
Placebo Drug
2 trials
Breastfeeding Mothers Interview Other
1 trials
Pregnant Mothers Interview Other
1 trials
Meal-replacement Therapy Dietary supplement
1 trials
Clinic: Modified KidsNFitness Behavioral
1 trials

US sites by state

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

North Carolina 10 trials
South Carolina 5 trials
California 5 trials
Pennsylvania 4 trials
New York 4 trials
Virginia 3 trials
Ohio 3 trials
Louisiana 3 trials

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

What to do with this Pediatric Obesity page

46 registered trials, 19 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 19 Pediatric Obesity trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Duke University sponsors the most Pediatric Obesity trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Duke University's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

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 Pediatric Obesity condition card totals 46 registered trials; most-linked intervention Summer day camp; top US site state North Carolina. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.