# The TREND Study: Tapered Reduction in Energy Intake as a Novel Approach to Dieting

> **NCT02837211** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Wake Forest University Health Sciences** · enrollment: 22 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Tapered Low Calorie Diet
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Traditional Low-Calorie Diet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02837211
- **Lead sponsor:** Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-08
- **Primary completion:** 2018-05-11
- **Final completion:** 2018-05-11
- **Target enrollment:** 22 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-08-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02837211

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02837211, "The TREND Study: Tapered Reduction in Energy Intake as a Novel Approach to Dieting". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02837211. Licensed CC0.

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