Clinical trials: Brown Adipose Tissue
Healthy
Circadian Brown Adipose Tissue Metabolism
Brown adipose tissue is poorly understood fat that can metabolize glucose in order to generate heat. Since activated brown fat has a high metabolic rate, it is of great interest as a potential target to combat obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT02285270
- Testing
- FDG PET/CT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity
Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of Brown Fat: Healthy Adult Volunteer Pilot Study
The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of detecting Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) in healthy subjects by using hyperpolarized xenon gas MRI.
- Trial name
- NCT02220426
- Testing
- Xenon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
Obesity
Effects of b3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists on Brown Adipose Tissue
This study will test the hypothesis that human brown adipose tissue (BAT) can be activated using a β3-adrenergic receptor (AR) agonist.
- Trial name
- NCT01783470
- Testing
- beta3-adrenergic receptor agonist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aaron Cypess
Brown Adipose Tissue, Human
Does Cold Provocation Increase Brown Adipose Tissue Volume?
About 28 healthy subjects are randomized to 1 hour/day of coldprovocation or to the best of ability to avoid feeling cold, for 6 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT01797328
- Testing
- cold arm, warm arm
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Metabolic Diseases
Brown Adipose Tissue as a Therapeutic for the Metabolic and Cardiac Dysfunction With Senescence (BATSR)
The goal of this study is to define the effect of aging on brown adipose tissue mass in a cohort of older sedentary and older athlete adults.
- Trial name
- BATSR (NCT04168580)
- Testing
- Exercise Training Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Resting Energy Expenditure, Thermogenesis
Mirabegron and Physiological Function in Cold Environments
Many Navy diving operations are performed in cold water. Despite technical advances to improve thermal protection for cold water diving, these applications are cumbersome and do not provide complete thermal protection as thermal…
- Conditions
- Resting Energy Expenditure, Thermogenesis, Brown Adipose Tissue
- Trial name
- NCT04766021
- Testing
- Mirabegron
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Menopause, Obesity
Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women
The physiological relevance of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in humans is largely unknown. The investigators have shown that suppressing ovarian function in premenopausal women reduces resting energy expenditure (REE), and this is…
- Trial name
- NCT02927392
- Testing
- Leuprolide acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Resting Energy Expenditure, Thermogenesis
MIrabegron and Physiological Function in Cold Environments
Many Navy diving operations are performed in cold water. Despite technical advances to improve thermal protection for cold water diving, these applications are cumbersome and do not provide complete thermal protection as thermal…
- Conditions
- Resting Energy Expenditure, Thermogenesis, Brown Adipose Tissue
- Trial name
- NCT05990387
- Testing
- Mirabegron
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Metabolic Diseases
Investigating Brown Adipose Tissue Activation in Humans
The purpose of this study is to determine what can activate brown adipose tissue (BAT).
- Trial name
- NCT01935791
- Testing
- Period 1 Visit 1 - Cold PET-CT Vehicle, Visit 2 -Warm PET-CT Vehicle, Period 1 Visit 1 - Cold PET-CT Vehicle, Visit 2 -Warm PET-CT Glucagon, Period 1 Visit 1 - Cold PET-CT Vehicle, no visit 2 as BAT negative
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London