# Quantifying the Persistence of Metabolic Adaptation and Weight Regain Following Extreme Weight Loss

> **NCT02544009** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)** · enrollment: 15 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Energy Expenditure

## Interventions

_None listed._

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02544009
- **Lead sponsor:** National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-09-05
- **Primary completion:** 2016-05-19
- **Final completion:** 2016-05-19
- **Target enrollment:** 15 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02544009

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02544009, "Quantifying the Persistence of Metabolic Adaptation and Weight Regain Following Extreme Weight Loss". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02544009. Licensed CC0.

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