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An Examination of Brown Adipose Tissue and Energy Expenditure in Infants

NCT05517967 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-05-31

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Summary

Excess fetal adipose tissue growth during intrauterine development increases future obesity risk. Development of brown adipose tissue, a highly thermogenic organ in utero, may affect postnatal energy expenditure, thus influencing obesity risk. This pilot research study is designed to understand the developmental origins of energy balance by examining maternal and neonatal factors that influence neonatal brown adipose tissue and to quantify its physiological relevance to energy expenditure in human neonates.

Conditions

  • Cold Induced Thermogenesis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emily W Flanagan, PhD · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Eligibility

Max Age
5 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-17
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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