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Building Lipedema Research Resources

NCT06180850 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-12-30

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Summary

Lipedema is a disease marked by subcutaneous adipose tissue accumulation in the lower extremities of females that is accompanied by somatic pain and edema. Importantly, lipedema is commonly misdiagnosed as obesity, although it's estimated to affect a high 11% of women. Clinical diagnosis of lipedema requires specialized training not widely available at most major medical centers, and there remains a substantial need for objective tools to distinguish lipedema from obesity. There is a critical need to define specific molecular markers of disease in circulation or at the tissue-level. The purpose of this study is to create, manage, and characterize an innovative lipedema biorepository. The goal of the biorepository will be to better understand disease mechanisms of lipedema and to define specific molecular markers of disease in circulation or at the tissue-level. The long-term purpose of our studies are to help with prevention and early management of lipedema.

Conditions

  • Lipedema

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-23
Primary Completion
2026-10-01
Completion
2026-10-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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