Clinical trials: Adipose Tissue, Brown
Childhood Obesity Prevention, Childhood Obesity
Postnatal Exercise to Activate Baby's Brown Fat
The purpose of this study is to learn how exercise and physical activity during pregnancy and after pregnancy may affect the composition of breastmilk.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity, Lactation
- Trial name
- PEABaBy (NCT07467694)
- Testing
- Active group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joslin Diabetes Center
Brown Adipose Tissue
The Norepinephrine Transporter: A Novel Target for Imaging Brown Adipose Tissue
This study seeks to assess a novel imaging technique to image brown adipose tissue utilizing the norepinephrine transporter.
- Trial name
- NCT02038595
- Testing
- PET imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Obesity
Brown Fat Activity and Bariatric Surgery
The mechanisms of bariatric surgery-induced weight loss go beyond reductions in calorie intake and may involve several other pathways. Recently, brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been added as another potential player.
- Trial name
- NCT03168009
- Testing
- Bariatric Surgery
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Obesity
The Incidence,Factors,and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Chinese Adults
Previous studies have shown that active brown adipose tissue (BAT) is present in adults and may play important roles in material and energy metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT01387438
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
Thermogenesis, Brown Adipose Tissue
Stimulation of Diet-Induced Thermogenesis by Cold-Exposure
Human fat tissue is essentially white fat, the main function of which is to store excess energy intake, and to release it when necessary.
- Trial name
- BAT&DIT (NCT01898949)
- Testing
- Cold Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Cachexia, Neoplasms
Brown Adipose Tissue Activity and Energy Metabolism in Cachexia
To study BAT activity and energy metabolism in patients with cachexia induced by cancer or chronic disease.
- Conditions
- Cachexia, Neoplasms, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Trial name
- BAT-Cachexia (NCT02500004)
- Testing
- 18F-FDG PET-MRI-imaging, DXA scanning, Abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue biopsy
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Obesity
The Incidence and Factors of Brown Adipose Tissue in Chinese
Previous studies have shown active brown adipose tissue (BAT) is present in adults and may play important roles in regulating energy homeostasis.
- Trial name
- NCT01381042
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital