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N/A N=10

Measurement of Body Fat in Infants

Brown Adipose Tissue · Body Composition

Enrolled (actual)
10
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Oct 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Whole Body Fat Mass — 20.8 percentage of fat mass

Study Design & Population

Study type
Observational
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Age
Pediatric · 0+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Primary completion
Dec 2019

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Whole Body Fat Mass
20.8
PRIMARY
Average Brown Adipose Tissue Volume at First Visit
5.41
PRIMARY
Average Brown Adipose Tissue Volume at Second Visit
5.50
SECONDARY
Average Fat Signal Fraction of Brown Adipose Tissue at First Visit
16.64
SECONDARY
Average Fat Signal Fraction of Brown Adipose Tissue at Second Visit
16.43
SECONDARY
Reliability of Average Brown Adipose Tissue Volume Measurement Between the First and Second Visit
0.92

Summary

Up to 10 infants will complete the study aimed to establish a technique for measuring whole body adiposity and brown adipose tissue in infant subjects using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging, respectively.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • healthy, full-term infant
  • aged 14-28 days at Visit 1

Exclusion Criteria

  • born preterm (<37 weeks gestation)
  • implanted metal or electronic objects that render MRI unsafe
  • unable to complete 2 clinic visits 1-10 days apart at Pennington Biomedical Research Center
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03490227). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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