Clinical trials: Adipose Tissue, Brown
Insulin Resistance, Diabetes Mellitus
Thyroid Hormone to Induce Non-Insulin Mediated Glucose Disposal in People With Insulin Receptor Mutations
Background: Insulin receptor mutation causes high blood sugars and sometimes diabetes complications. Researchers want to see if thyroid hormone helps.
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Diabetes Mellitus, Abnormal Glucose Metabolism
- Trial name
- NCT02457897
- Testing
- Liothyronine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Brown Adipose Tissue, Body Composition
Measurement of Body Fat in Infants
Up to 10 infants will complete the study aimed to establish a technique for measuring whole body adiposity and brown adipose tissue in infant subjects using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging…
- Trial name
- Baby Fat Pilot (NCT03490227)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center