NCT01710722

The Effect of Leptin A-200, Caffeine/Ephedrine and Their Combination Upon Weight Loss and Body Composition in Man

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare three treatments to see which causes the most weight loss, fat loss, loss of stomach fat and improvement in blood tests like cholesterol.

Detailed description

Three treatments are compared to see which causes the most weight loss, fat loss, loss of stomach fat and improvement in blood tests like cholesterol. 1\) Leptin A-200 injections daily with 2 inactive pills taken three times a day, 2) Caffeine with ephedrine pills taken 3 times a day with an inactive injection daily and 3) Both Leptin A-200 injections daily and caffeine with ephedrine pills taken three times a day.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	caffeine and ephedrine	Caffeine 200 mg tablets and ephedrine HCl 25 mg tablets three times a day with placebo leptin A-200 subcutaneously once daily.
DRUG	Leptin A	Leptin A-200 20 mg subcutaneously once daily and placebo tablets of caffeine and ephedrine three times a day.
DRUG	caffeine, ephedrine, and leptin A	Caffeine 200 mg tablets and ephedrine HCl tablets 25 mg three times a day with leptin A-200 20 mg subcutaneously once daily.

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-02-01
• Primary completion: 2002-02-01
• Completion: 2002-02-01
• First posted: 2012-10-19
• Last updated: 2015-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States