Clinical trial · Interventional
Mediterranean Diet as Treatment for Normal Weight Women With PCOS
Mediterranean Diet: A New Nutritional Approach for the Treatment of Normal Weight Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)?
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy of reproductive-aged women characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance. Available guidelines recommend lifestyle intervention although they do not suggest the best dietetic regimen for the treatment of PCOS. Thus, the purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two nutritional protocols, namely Mediterranean Diet and standardized normocaloric Diet in normal weight women with PCOS.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polycystic Ovary Syndrome | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediterranean diet | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| normocaloric diet | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mediterranean Diet
- description
- The diet programme will be characterized by carbohydrates (60 %); proteins (20 %, half comprised of vegetable proteins); total fat (20 %; saturated fat \< 10 %). After calculating the patient's energy need, the amount of calories will be successively adjusted to mantain the same weight of the time of recruitment
- interventionNames
- Other: mediterranean diet
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- normocaloric diet
- description
- 50% carbohydrates, 30% total lipids and 20% proteins. After calculating the patient's energy need, the amount of calories will be successively adjusted to mantain the same weight of the time of recruitment
- interventionNames
- Other: normocaloric diet
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 35 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Polycystic ovary syndrome (using ESHRE/ARSM 2007 criteria), 18 ≤BMI ≤ 25 Exclusion Criteria: Age \<18 or \>35 years, BMI less than 18 and higher than 25, Pregnancy, Hypothyroidism, hyperprolactinemia, Cushing's syndrome, nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia, use of oral contraceptives, glucocorticoids, antiandrogens, ovulation induction agents, antidiabetic or antiobesity drugs or other hormonal drugs within the previous 6 months, neoplastic, metabolic (including glucose intolerance), hepatic, and cardiovascular disorder or other concurrent medical illness (i.e. diabetes, renal disease, or malabsorptive disorders, cephalea). \-
References
Publications (4)
- RESULTOrio F, Palomba S. Reproductive endocrinology: New guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of PCOS. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2014 Mar;10(3):130-2. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.248. Epub 2013 Dec 10. PMID 24322653
- RESULTBoghossian NS, Yeung EH, Mumford SL, Zhang C, Gaskins AJ, Wactawski-Wende J, Schisterman EF; BioCycle Study Group. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and body fat distribution in reproductive aged women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2013 Mar;67(3):289-94. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.4. Epub 2013 Feb 6. PMID 23388669
- RESULTAbiemo EE, Alonso A, Nettleton JA, Steffen LM, Bertoni AG, Jain A, Lutsey PL. Relationships of the Mediterranean dietary pattern with insulin resistance and diabetes incidence in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Br J Nutr. 2013 Apr 28;109(8):1490-7. doi: 10.1017/S0007114512003339. Epub 2012 Aug 30. PMID 22932232
- DERIVEDHooper L, Abdelhamid AS, Jimoh OF, Bunn D, Skeaff CM. Effects of total fat intake on body fatness in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jun 1;6(6):CD013636. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013636. PMID 32476140