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CompletedNCT02160496Updated Dec 1, 2016

A Study to Assess the Effect of Diets With Different Protein Composition - Mainly Coming From Lean Red Meat - in Body Weight and Lipid Profile in Overweight and Obese Women

An interventional study of Weight loss interventional study with 20% protein-diet and Weight loss interventional study with 27% protein-diet in Weight Loss, Obesity and Overweight, sponsored by Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud. Completed. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-12-01.

Sponsored by Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The objective of the study is to assess the effect of diets with different protein composition (20%, 27% and 35%), mainly coming from animal proteins such as lean red meat, on body weight and lipid profile in overweight and obese women. A dietary intervention is carried out during 3 months in 90 women who are individually randomized to an hypocaloric diet with three types of macronutrient composition: 1) 35% proteins, 30% fat and 35% carbohydrates; 2) 27% proteins, 30% fat and 43% carbohydrates and 3) 20% proteins, 30% fat and 50% carbohydrates. Around 50% of total proteins in diet come from lean red meat (leg or shoulder of lamb) by providing up to 15 different recipes to participants to use them as part of the diet. At the beginning of the study, after 6 weeks and at the end of the intervention, the following parameters are determined: anthropometric (weight, waist circumference, body mass index and body composition), blood pressure, dietary (72-hours dietary registry) and exercise assessments and biochemical analysis (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B, iron, transferrin, ferritin, uric acid, glucose, HbA1c, insulin and adipokines). In 3-months visit, participants will be advised to follow the prescribed diets during the next 3 months. Monitoring visits with the nutritionist will not be performed. A follow-up visit will be done after 3-months of end of intervention (at 6-months after beginning the study) to assess the long-time efficacy on main endpoint of each diet. In this visit only anthropometric parameters (weight, waist circumference, body mass index and body composition) will be determined.

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Conditions studied

  • Weight Loss
  • Obesity
  • Overweight
  • Diet, Reducing
  • Lipids

Keywords

  • Weight Loss
  • Obesity
  • Overweight
  • Diet, Reducing
  • Lipids
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In context

Overweight

3,670 studies on the registry are indexed under Overweight; 849 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 90 is above the median of 73 across 3,175 interventional studies indexed under Overweight.

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Lead sponsor

Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Age: 18-80 years old.
  • Body mass index between 27.5 - 40.
  • Steady weight in last 3 months (±3 kg).
  • Informed consent provided.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Presence of uncontrolled endocrinological pathology (including hypothyroidism).
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus with bad metabolic control (HbA1c > 8%).
  • Lipid-lowering drugs in the last 3 months.
  • Intake of functional foods with plant sterols in the past 6 weeks.
  • Vitamin supplements intake.
  • Hormone replacement therapy.
  • Consumption of Orlistat in the last 2 months
  • High intake of alcohol (> 30 gr./day).
  • Any serious disease which involves less than 1 year life expectancy or, in investigators judgment, limit the follow-up of an homogeneous diet throughout the study.
  • Pregnancy or intention of pregnancy during the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
90 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    20% protein hypocaloric diet

    Participants were advised with a hypocaloric diet with the following composition: 20% protein, 30% fat and 50% carbohydrates. A wide variety of healthy foods typically coming from a mediterranean diet and specific exercise recommendations are provided to the subjects.

    Behavioral: Weight loss interventional study with 20% protein-diet

  • Active comparator
    27% protein hypocaloric diet

    Participants were advised with a hypocaloric diet with the following composition: 27% protein, 30% fat and 43% carbohydrates. A wide variety of healthy foods typically coming from a mediterranean diet and specific exercise recommendations are provided to the subjects.

    Behavioral: Weight loss interventional study with 27% protein-diet

  • Active comparator
    35% protein hypocaloric diet

    Participants were advised with a hypocaloric diet with the following composition: 35% protein, 30% fat and 35% carbohydrates. A wide variety of healthy foods typically coming from a mediterranean diet and specific exercise recommendations are provided to the subjects.

    Behavioral: Weight loss interventional study with 35% protein-diet

Interventions

  • BehavioralWeight loss interventional study with 20% protein-diet
  • BehavioralWeight loss interventional study with 27% protein-diet
  • BehavioralWeight loss interventional study with 35% protein-diet
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in body weight and lipid profile of diets with different protein composition in overweight and obese women..

    The main outcome is to study the effect of diets with different protein composition (20%, 27% and 35%), mainly coming from lean red meat, on body weight and lipid profile in overweight and obese women.

    Time frame: After 3 months of intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in body composition (by including waist circumference, fat mass and muscle mass) of diets with different protein composition in overweight and obese women.

    Time frame: After 3 months of intervention.

  2. Change in carbohydrates metabolism of diets with different protein composition in overweight and obese women.

    Time frame: After 3 months of intervention.

Other outcomes

  1. Change in blood pressure of diets with different protein composition in overweight and obese women.

    Time frame: After 3 months of intervention.

  2. Change in body weight of diets with different protein composition in overweight and obese women..

    In 3-months visit, participants will be advised to follow the prescribed diets during the next 3 months. Monitoring visits with the nutritionist will not be performed. A follow-up visit will be done after 3-months of end of intervention (at 6-months after beginning the study) to assess the long-time efficacy on main endpoint of each diet. In this visit only anthropometric parameters (weight, waist circumference, body mass index and body composition) will be determined.

    Time frame: After 3 months of study completion (at 6-months after beginning the study)

  3. Change in adipokines concentration of diets with different protein composition in overweight and obese women.

    In 3-months visits serum plasma, adipokines concentration will be determined.

    Time frame: After 3 months of study completion.

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Mateo-Gallego R, Lamiquiz-Moneo I, Perez-Calahorra S, Marco-Benedi V, Bea AM, Baila-Rueda L, Laclaustra M, Penalvo JL, Civeira F, Cenarro A. Different protein composition of low-calorie diet differently impacts adipokine profile irrespective of weight loss in overweight and obese women. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2018 Feb;28(2):133-142. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.10.024. Epub 2017 Nov 4. PubMed 29329923 ↗
  • Mateo-Gallego R, Marco-Benedi V, Perez-Calahorra S, Bea AM, Baila-Rueda L, Lamiquiz-Moneo I, de Castro-Oros I, Cenarro A, Civeira F. Energy-restricted, high-protein diets more effectively impact cardiometabolic profile in overweight and obese women than lower-protein diets. Clin Nutr. 2017 Apr;36(2):371-379. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.01.018. Epub 2016 Jan 29. PubMed 26875447 ↗
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Updates

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 1, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02160496
Lead sponsor
Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud
Responsible party
Fernando Civeira (Professor, Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 10, 2014
Start date
Apr 2014
Primary completion
Sep 2014
Completion
Nov 2014
Last update
Dec 1, 2016

Study contacts

Fernando Civeira, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Unidad de Lípidos/Laboratorio de Investigación Molecular; Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet; Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (Zaragoza, Spain)
Rocio Mateo-Gallego, MSc
principal investigator · Unidad de Lípidos/Laboratorio de Investigación Molecular; Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet; Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (Zaragoza, Spain)
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