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Leipzig Childhood Obesity Study

— Observational Childhood Obesity

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Childhood Obesity. Basic parameters: 1 months — 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Germany
Next step
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Official title

Extended Geno- and Phenotyping of Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents

Overview

The aim of this study is to identify polymorphisms that make children and adolescents more prone to obesity and metabolic dysfunction, as well as to identify biomarkers that are linked to causes and consequences of obesity.

Detailed description

In order to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms blood and serum samples during oral glucose tolerance testing are routinely obtained from pediatric patients visiting the adiposity outpatient clinic.

Primary outcome measures

  • Gene-dependent association with phenotypical traits in overweight and obese children [Time frame: 20 years]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • all pediatric patients seen in the adiposity outpatient clinic
  • informed patient consent

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Observational model
Cohort

Study locations

Germany · 1 center
  • University Leipzig Medical Center, Department of Women and Child Health, Center for Pediat — Leipzig

Identifiers

NCT: NCT04491344 · ADI cohort Leipzig

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗