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Prader Willi SyndromeNCT01404624

Characterization of Transcriptional Regulators of Ghrelin Hormone Which Causes Genetic Obesity

An observational study of Prader Willi Syndrome and Obesity, run by Samsung Medical Center.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The problem point of the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) patient is the obesity which is intense and the plasma ghrelin level which increases unusual from the recently PWS patients was discovered. The Ghrelin is endogeneous ligand of growth hormone secretagogue receptor with peptide hormone and the location is 3p26-p25. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 5 to 11 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Prader Willi Syndrome, Obesity
How many people
58 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Jan 2005to Dec 2006
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 5 to 11 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Study population: Sixteen PWS patients [age, 8.1 +- 2.6 yr; 12 males, 4 females; body mass index (BMI), 25+-1.5 kg/m2], 19 healthy normal lean subjects (age, 8.9 +- 1.4 yr; 14 males, 5 females; BMI, 16.5 +- 0.42 kg/m2), 13 GHD patients (age, 9.1 +- 1.8 yr; 9 males, 4 females; BMI, 27 +- 1.8 kg/m2), and 10 healthy normal obese subjects (age, 8.7 +- 2.3 yr; 7 males, 3 females; BMI, 26 +- 1.7 kg/m2) were enrolled in the study. The subjects had no history of GH treatment and were not being treated with GH at study commencement.

Who may be able to join

  • PWS patients were genetically confirmed using the standard methylation test. GHD was diagnosed using a GH stimulation test. The lean and obese normal subjects (comparison group) enrolled were the children or siblings of hospital staff who understood the purpose of and the procedures used.

Who cannot join

  • GHD patients had no history of GH treatment, and were not being treated with GH at study commencement

About this study

Official title: Increased Density of Ghrelin-Expressing Cells in the Gastric Fundus and Body in Prader-Willi Syndrome

The problem point of the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) patient is the obesity which is intense and the plasma ghrelin level which increases unusual from the recently PWS patients was discovered. The Ghrelin is endogeneous ligand of growth hormone secretagogue receptor with peptide hormone and the location is 3p26-p25. Becomes the secretion even from nervous system but from dignity X/A cell it is secreted mainly and growth is important even in the vagal control against food and intake and a dignity function even on the action outside which promotes the secretion which drives it operates. It increases food intake specially and in order to accomplish the action which diminishes fat utilization the obesity with the week cause which it does the mortar it is thought. Active the ghrelin of the form is essential in hormonal activity of the ghrelin and appetite and growth hormone it participates to the secretion promotion which drives. Action of the Ghrelin measuring the quantitative change in middle acylated of the PWS patient ghrelin in order to happen after the acylation initially by one interest ghrelin which is attempted the appetite of the PWS patient is is controlled the method it will be able to prove the thing directly, it used the RIA kit and the ELISA it will be able to measure kit it will be able to measure the whole ghrelin to pick the PWS patient and the blood of the normal army and active ghrelin it measured a change.

Read the detailed description

It will reach to respect, in 5 ' -flanking region of the ghrelin 2000 bp focus it let and it got luciferase assay it led and and it searched for the binding it sorted it put out and and to sleep the transcription factor which and and is the possibility of doing the essential region in the transcription and and it did an order deletion clone and and. is important in result and ghrelin activity the region role, -300~-200 region Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) are containing -USF (-236 to -231) binding site specially to be compressed in -500~-400 and -300~-200 two portions.

Medical subject headings
Prader-Willi Syndrome, Obesity

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Jul 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2005
  3. Study completionDec 2006

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Enrolment
58 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01404624
Sponsor's protocol ID
2007-01-016
Status last verified
Jul 2011
First submitted
26 Jul 2011
Last updated
28 Jul 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Prader Willi Syndrome and Obesity, run by Samsung Medical Center.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Jul 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Jul 2011.

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