# The Causal Role of Ketone Bodies in Obesity-associated Disease Prevention - Combining Genetic Epidemiology With a Randomised Trial to Infer Causality

> **NCT06668168** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **University of Bath** · enrollment: 69 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Nutrition
- Obesity and Overweight

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Ketone Monoester (KE)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Ketogenic diet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06668168
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Bath
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-05-06
- **Primary completion:** 2027-05-06
- **Final completion:** 2030-01
- **Target enrollment:** 69 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-31

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06668168

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06668168, "The Causal Role of Ketone Bodies in Obesity-associated Disease Prevention - Combining Genetic Epidemiology With a Randomised Trial to Infer Causality". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06668168. Licensed CC0.

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