Clinical trials: Adipose Tissue Inflammation
HIV Infections, Type 2 Diabetes
Exercise and Pioglitazone for HIV-Metabolic Syndromes
The purpose is to examine the safety and efficacy of 16wks of pioglitazone (Actos; 30mg/d) with and without aerobic and strength exercise training for reducing glucose intolerance and central adiposity in HIV-infected people.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, HIV
- Trial name
- NCT00639457
- Testing
- Pioglitazone, Exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Overweight, Obese
Angiotensin II Blockade and Inflammation in Obesity
Overweight and obesity, which afflicts ~65% of the U.S. population and more than 1 billion people worldwide, increases the risk of developing hypertension.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obese, Prehypertension, Hypertension
- Trial name
- ARB (NCT01684748)
- Testing
- Olmesartan medoxomil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity
Fish Oils and Adipose Inflammation Reduction
This study is a clinical trial designed to assess whether fish oil treatments are effective in the prevention of obesity-related fat tissue (adipose) inflammation.
- Trial name
- FAIR (NCT02010359)
- Testing
- Lovaza
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity
Celecoxib Inhibition of Aromatase Expression and Inflammation in Adipose Tissue of Obese Postmenopausal Women
The study plans to find out whether Celebrex may be potentially useful to decrease inflammation in fat tissues and thereby lower the production of substances such as estrogens that may increase the risk of developing breast…
- Trial name
- NCT01901679
- Testing
- Celebrex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rockefeller University
Obesity, Pre-diabetes
SGLT2 Inhibitor Effects on Inflammation and Heart Disease in Obesity Pilot
Obesity is associated with increased cardiometabolic disease risk due, in part, to heightened chronic inflammation arising from adipose tissue.
- Trial name
- NCT04907214
- Testing
- Empagliflozin 25 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Plaque Psoriasis
Study to Explore the Effect of Secukinumab, Compared to Placebo, on Fat Tissue and Skin in Plaque Psoriasis Patients
This study provided a comparison of secukinumab to placebo with respect to skin inflammation as measured by skin exams in comparison to skin biopsies, adipose tissue and blood sample analyses.
- Trial name
- ObePso-S (NCT03055494)
- Testing
- Secukinumab
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals