Clinical trials: Brown Fat
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
Type 2 Diabetes, Cold Acclimation
Chronic Cold Acclimation Stimulates the Browning of Subcutaneous White Adipose in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Adipose tissues, which include white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT), play an essential role in regulating whole-body energy homeostasis.
- Trial name
- NCT02775253
- Testing
- Chronic cold acclimation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiang Guang-da
Obesity
Ex Vivo Transformation of White Adipose Tissue (WAT) Into Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) in Morbidly Obese Patients Using the Ex Vivo Adipocyte Expansion (ExAdEx) Approach: Proof of Concept. From White to Brown Adipose Tissue
Obesity and metabolic associated diseases such as type 2 diabetes, NASH, cardiovascular diseases, are the dysregulation of energy homeostasis associated with an imbalance between different types of adipose tissues (ATs).
- Trial name
- OBADEX (NCT05843747)
- Testing
- Sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Cold Stress Stimulate the Browing of Subcutaneous White Adipose in Healthy Adults
Adipose tissues, which include white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT), play an essential role in regulating whole-body energy homeostasis.
- Trial name
- NCT02159144
- Testing
- cold stress
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiang Guang-da
Diabetes Mellitus, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Thermal Imaging of Adiposity in Neonates of Women With Metabolic Diseases
There is limited knowledge about the extent of the impact of maternal metabolic diseases (MD) and/or alterations in maternal serum lipid content upon neonatal lipid distribution and phenotypes.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy, Metabolic Disease
- Trial name
- MRI-TIME (NCT04890886)
- Testing
- Thermal imaging, Echocardiogram, ECG
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Obesity
Secretin Activates Human Brown Fat and Induces Satiation.
15 healthy males will be studied with PET/CT, using FDG to investigate glucose metabolism, and radiowater to investigate perfusion.
- Trial name
- GUTBAT (NCT03290846)
- Testing
- Secretin Human, Saline Solution, Cold exposure
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Glucose Intolerance, Overweight and Obesity
GLP-1 Therapy: The Role of IL-6 Signaling and Adipose Tissue Remodeling in Metabolic Response
This project investigates the anti-obesity mechanisms of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs, which are used in the treatment of human obesity and diabetes mellitus.
- Conditions
- Glucose Intolerance, Overweight and Obesity, Drug Effect, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT04387201
- Testing
- Cyanocobalamin, Dulaglutide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Type 2 Diabetes
Pharmacological Activation of Brown Adipose Tissue Metabolism
Lean tissue intracellular triglycerides (ICTG) accretion is an important marker of lean tissue lipotoxicity that significantly contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D).
- Trial name
- GB6 (NCT02811289)
- Testing
- Mirbetriq (Mirabegron), cold exposure, injection of 18FDG
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Insulin Sensitivity, Obesity
The Effect of Brown Adipose Tissue Activation on Insulin Sensitivity in Humans
Recent findings document the presence of active brown adipose tissue (BAT) in humans. Cold exposure via adrenergic stimulation activates BAT, which combusts significant amounts of blood glucose and free fatty acid (FFA) to…
- Trial name
- NCT01791114
- Testing
- Cold exposure, Cold exposure plus propranolol, Thermoneutral Conditions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers University
Obesity, Atherosclerosis
Observational Study of Early Metabolic and Vascular Changes in Obesity
To work against the increasing burden of obesity, the STYJOBS / EDECTA (STYrian Juvenile OBesity Study / Early DetECtion of Atherosclerosis) project was started at the Medical University of Graz in 2003.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Adiponectin Deficiency
- Trial name
- STYJOBS (NCT00482924)
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Adipose Tissue, Brown, Glucose Intolerance
L-arginine and Brown Adipose Tissue
The South Asian population is facing an epidemic of type 2 diabetes, of which the underlying cause is still unknown. It is currently hypothesized that an ethnic susceptibility towards a disturbed energy metabolism may underlie…
- Conditions
- Adipose Tissue, Brown, Glucose Intolerance, Nitric Oxide
- Trial name
- ArgMB (NCT02291458)
- Testing
- L-arginine
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Influence of Diabetic Neuropathy on Activation of Brown Adipose Tissue
Influence of diabetic neuropathy on cold induced brown adipose tissue in type 1 diabetic patients.
- Trial name
- DIA-BAT (NCT03695731)
- Testing
- cold induced activation of brown adipose tissue
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Doctor Giacomo Gastaldi
Type2 Diabetes, Obesity
Glucose Metabolism in Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) in Young Healthy Men Evaluated by Deuterium Metabolic Imaging (DMI)
In this study the investigators wish to evaluate the glucose metabolism in brown adipose tissue (BAT) in young healthy men (aged 18-35).
- Conditions
- Type2 Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT04060745
- Testing
- cooling using a water-perfused vest, thermoneutrality
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Brown Adipose Tissue Modulation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Using Infrared Thermography
This study will investigate brown adipose tissue-related physiological responses in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
- Trial name
- NCT07896642
- Testing
- inositol
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Health and Technology University
Brown Adipose Tissue
Short Term Effect of Glucocorticoids on Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis in Humans
Interventional, Placebo controlled cross-over study to investigate the short-term effects of glucocorticoids (prednisone) on human brown adipose tissue.
- Trial name
- GlucoBAT (NCT03269747)
- Testing
- Prednisone
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Pain, Back, Obesity, Morbid
Brown Adipose Tissue Activation by Spinal Cord Stimulation
The objective of this study is to investigate and utilize spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as an effective approach to eliciting weight loss and potentially alleviating Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), as evidenced by increasing…
- Conditions
- Pain, Back, Obesity, Morbid, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT04326192
- Testing
- Research electrode
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Pheochromocytoma, Adrenal Incidentaloma
Effect of Chronic Catecholamine Overproduction on Brown Adipose Tissue
To investigate the effect of catecholamine excess on brown fat. To evaluate the effect of brown fat on energy expenditure and lipid and glucose metabolism
- Trial name
- NCT01949714
- Testing
- Removal of adrenal tumor
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Fibromyalgia, Pain
Effect of Temperature on Pain and Brown Adipose Activity in Fibromyalgia
The pathophysiology of pain related to fibromyalgia is not understood. This condition is difficult to diagnose and to treat. One clue may be that tender points (areas which hurt typical of fibromyalgia) are most densely located…
- Trial name
- NCT01322425
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity, Metabolic Disease
mTORC1 and Autophagy in Human Brown Adipocytes
The long term goal is to identify the potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of obesity and its associated disorders by studying the driving factors of activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in human adults.
- Trial name
- mTORHBFC (NCT04206124)
- Testing
- Brown Fat Harvest During Anterior Neck Surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Brown Adipose Tissue
Vitamin A in Brown Fat Activity
Vitamin A metabolites (retinoids) have shown to activate brown fat function in preclinical studies, however the role of retinoids in human brown fat physiology and energy metabolism remains elusive.
- Trial name
- NCT02381483
- Testing
- Cold exposure
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna