Upper Body Obesity Clinical Trial
Official title:
Exercise-stimulated Muscle Glucose Uptake in Upper Body Obesity
| Verified date | March 2024 |
| Source | Mayo Clinic |
| Contact | Pamela Reich |
| Phone | 507-255-6062 |
| reich.Pamela[@]mayo.edu | |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | |
| Study type | Interventional |
The purpose of this study is to provide the first integrated examination of the interaction between muscle insulin action and exercise-stimulated muscle glucose uptake in obesity from the whole body to the cellular/molecular level.
| Status | Recruiting |
| Enrollment | 48 |
| Est. completion date | July 2025 |
| Est. primary completion date | July 2025 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | 18 Years to 55 Years |
| Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: For the exercise studies of leg glucose uptake - "insulin sensitive" group: - Sedentary, normal weight, premenopausal women. - Sedentary, age-matched normal weight men. - Weight stable for two (2) months prior to study. - Willing to provide written, informed consent. - For the exercise studies of leg glucose uptake - "insulin resistant" group: For the exercise studies of leg glucose uptake - "insulin resistant" group: - Upper body obese (UBO) premenopausal women. - Age-matched upper body obese (UBO) men. - Weight stable for two (2) months prior to study. - Willing to provide written, informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: - Age < 18 or > 55 years (premenopausal women and age-matched men). - Use of glucose-lowering agents. - For female subjects: positive pregnancy test at the time of enrollment or study - History of prior upper abdominal surgery such as adjustable gastric banding, pyloroplasty and vagotomy. - Active systemic illness or malignancy. - Symptomatic macrovascular or microvascular disease. |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mayo Clinic in Rochester | Rochester | Minnesota |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
United States,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Skeletal muscle glucose uptake | Is exercise induced skeletal muscle glucose uptake different in obese compared to lean adults | 1 hour |