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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03111719
Date of registration: 30/03/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center
Public title: Human Brown Adipose Tissue and Mitochondrial Respiration
Scientific title: Human Brown Adipose Tissue Histological and Mitochondrial Respiratory Analysis
Date of first enrolment: January 4, 2010
Target sample size: 180
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03111719
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Wouter D Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Professor
Address: 
Telephone: +31(043)3881629
Email: markenlichten@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:     Wouter D Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Professor
Address: 
Telephone: +31(0)433881629
Email: markenlichtenbelt@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Indication for surgery in the supraclavicular and neck region (more specific patients
diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism, struma, benign thyroid gland tumours, implantation
of a vagal neurostimulator for epilepsia and cervical neurologic disorders)

- In the thyroid gland group, euthyroid function

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pre-operatively diagnosed malign tumour

- Patients undergoing acute surgery because of critical illness



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
Adipose Tissue, Brown
Mitochondrial Metabolism Disorders
Aging
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Mitochondrial respiration in human brown [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Characterise human brown adipose tissue [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
NL31367.068.10
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Ethics review
Results
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Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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