Effects of Divalproex Sodium on Food Intake, Energy Expenditure, and Posture Allocation

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Study NCT00287053 Information provided by Pennington Biomedical Research Center

First Received: February 2, 2006 Last Updated: April 21, 2009 History of Changes

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment
Condition:	Healthy
Intervention:	Drug: divalproex sodium

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Recruitment Details

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Pre-Assignment Details

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Reporting Groups

	Description
1	Divalproex Sodium
2	Placebo

Participant Flow: Overall Study

	1	2
STARTED	30	27
COMPLETED	26	26
NOT COMPLETED	4	1

Baseline Characteristics

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Outcome Measures

1. Primary:

Change in Food Intake. [ February 2006 to September 2006 ]

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Certain Agreements:

Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.

There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.

Limitations and Caveats

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Results Point of Contact:

Name/Title: Corby Martin, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor
Organization: Pennington Biomedical Reseach Center
phone: 225-763-2585
e-mail: martinck@pbrc.edu

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Publications automatically indexed to this study:

Martin CK, Han H, Anton SD, Greenway FL, Smith SR. Effect of valproic acid on body weight, food intake, physical activity and hormones: results of a randomized controlled trial. J Psychopharmacol. 2009 Sep;23(7):814-25. Epub 2008 Jun 26.

Responsible Party:	Pennington Biomedical Research Center ( Corby Martin )
Study ID Numbers:	25031
Study First Received:	February 2, 2006
Results First Received:	April 21, 2009
Last Updated:	April 21, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00287053 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board