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Winter-Swimming and Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Middel-aged Obese Subjects (WinterBAT).

NCT03541096 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-08-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study investigates repetitive cold-water exposure on brown fat activity assessed by PET/CT scanning. Furthermore we will assess glucose control upon winter-swimming. Obese prediabetic men and women will be randomized to winter-swimming or control conditions for 4 months.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Winter Swimming

Supervised Winter Swimming in Copenhagen

BEHAVIORAL

Control group

No winter swimming activities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kristian Karstoft

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Camilla Schéele, PhD · Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-07
Primary Completion
2021-06-01
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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