Clinical trials: Abdominal Obesity
Glucose Intolerance, Hyperinsulinemia
Health Effects of Liposuction in Overweight Women With Elevated Insulin Levels, Impaired Glucose Tolerance and/or Type 2 Diabetes
This study is for women who have already decided to undergo liposuction at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
- Conditions
- Glucose Intolerance, Hyperinsulinemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Non Insulin Dependent, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00005760
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Obesity
Toward an Automated Method of Abdominal Fat Segmentation of MR Images
Subjects will undergo a brief magnetic resonance (MRI) scan. The resulting images will be used to compare two abdominal fat segmentation techniques. The first technique is already validated and in use.
- Trial name
- NCT01228968
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
PreDiabetes, Abdominal Obesity
Effects of Berberine on Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus
This multicenter, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of berberine on preventing cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus among individuals with high cardiometabolic risk in China.
- Conditions
- PreDiabetes, Abdominal Obesity, Hypertension, Dyslipidemias
- Trial name
- ABCD (NCT05749874)
- Testing
- Berberine plus lifestyle intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,024 people
- Sponsor
- China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Hepatic Disorders, Intestinal Failure-associated Liver Disease
VALidation of Imaging-based Liver Biomarkers in PEDiatric Patients
The goal of this observational (diagnostic validation) study is to validate imaging-based biomarkers for assessing liver involvement in pediatric patients with established or suspected liver disease.
- Conditions
- Hepatic Disorders, Intestinal Failure-associated Liver Disease, Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease, MAFLD
- Trial name
- VALiBi-PED (NCT07202910)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital