# An Adipocyte-Driven Mechanism For Weight Regain After Weight Loss: The Yo-Yo Effect

> **NCT01559415** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Maastricht University Medical Center** · enrollment: 58 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity
- Weight Loss
- Diet

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Meal replacement diet using Modifast
- **OTHER:** Normal diet combined with Modifast diet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01559415
- **Lead sponsor:** Maastricht University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-03
- **Primary completion:** 2014-11
- **Final completion:** 2014-11
- **Target enrollment:** 58 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-12-23

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01559415

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01559415, "An Adipocyte-Driven Mechanism For Weight Regain After Weight Loss: The Yo-Yo Effect". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01559415. Licensed CC0.

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