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A Partial List of Obesity-Related Clinical Trials Conducted at the NY Obesity Research Center of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Outpatient Unit


1998 - present A comparison of the long term efficacy of self-help weight loss versus a commercial weight loss program. Weight Watchers International.
1995 - present A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, studies to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a recombinant genetically-derived protein in subjects across a range of body mass indexes. Amgen
1997 - present A randomized clinical trial of a novel device for increasing physical activity and reducing television viewing in obese children. National Institutes of Health.
1998 - 1999 A 52 week double-blind, randomized, placeb-controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy of Orlistat plus diet in obese hypertensive patients inadequately controlled with antihypertensive medications. Hoffman-LaRoche
1994 - 1999 The effect of weight loss on bone turnover in pre and post menopausal women. National Institutes of Health
1998 - 1999 Treatment of exogenous obesity by Pot11, a natural cholycystokinen enhancer. Pacific Health Laboratories Inc.
1997 - 1999 The safety and efficacy of an herbal preparation: Ephedrine and caffeine for treatment of obesity: A double-blind study. Science, Toxicology, and Technology.
1997 - 1999 The treatment of moderate obesity with an herbal preparation containing ephedrine and caffeine: A double-blind study. Science, Toxicology, and Technology.
1996 - 1998 St. John's wort and ephedra for weight loss. NutriSystems, Inc.
1996 - 1997 A randomized placebo-controlled trial of Garcinia Cambogia. Thompson Pharmaceutical
1993 - 1994 A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of an acupressure device for weight loss. Original Marketing, Inc.
1992 - 1993 Safety and efficacy of a new meal replacement product. Campbells Soups
1992 - 1994 A 108 week study of the effect of Orlistat in the treatment of obesity with dietary counseling. HoffmannLaRoche Inc.
1991 - 1992 Effects of recombinant human insulinlike growth factor I (rhIGFI) on body weight and composition in obese subjects. CIBA-GEIGY
1990 - 1991 The effect of tetrahydrolipstatin on weight loss in patients with moderate and severe upper-body obesity after 12 weeks of therapy. Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
1989 - 1991 A double-blind, placebo controlled pilot study to evaluate the weight reducing and anorectic activity and safety of Sibutramine Hydrochloride 10mg per day in obese subjects. The Boots Company (USA)
1985 - 1989 Therapeutic benefit of dexfenfluramine on body composition and weight loss after three months of treatment in obese outpatients. Institut de Recherches International Servier



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