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Brown Adipose Tissue Activity and Age

NCT02130154 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2014-05-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this study the investigators aim to investigate whether the sympathetic stimulation of BAT, as assessed with a 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine single-photon emission computed tomography computed tomography scan, differs between young and elderly subjects, as an explanation for the diminished metabolic brown adipose tissue activity in the elderly.

The investigators hypothesis is that sympathetic nervous system activity in the elderly is diminished as compared to their younger counterparts as an explanation for the diminished metabolic brown adipose tissue activity in the elderly.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

18-FDG PET CT scan and 123I-MIBG SPECT scan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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