Obesity and Brain: Genes and Environment

NCT ID: NCT02025595

Last Updated: 2017-05-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-12-31

Study Completion Date

2016-09-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of genetic and environmental risk factors on central nervous system (CNS) reward and satiety circuits in the etiology of obesity. The investigators will also investigate to what extent the alterations in CNS reward and satiety circuits are a cause or a consequence of the development of obesity.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Monozygotic twin pairs

15 monozygotic twin pairs discordant for obesity

No interventions assigned to this group

Genetic predisposition for obesity

15 obese and 15 non-obese individuals with a high genotype obesity risk score and 15 obese and 15 non-obese individuals with a low genotype obesity risk score. Genotype obesity risk score will be based on genome wide association single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP's) associated with obesity.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18-75 years
* Male or female
* Stable bodyweight (\<5% reported weight change during previous 3 months)
* Women: regular menstruation cycle (to exclude possible menstruation cycle effects)
* Normal fasting blood glucose

Exclusion Criteria

* Left handedness
* Known diabetes or abnormal fasting blood glucose
* Serious heart, pulmonary, hepatic or renal disease, malignant or hematological disease
* Metabolic disorders (uncontrolled adrenal/thyroid disease)
* Women: irregular menstruation cycle
* Neurological or psychiatric illness
* Pregnancy or breast feeding
* Alcohol abuse
* Nicotine abuse
* Claustrophobia or metal implants
* Visual disability
* Participation in another study
* Inability to understand the protocol or to give informed consent
* Current/chronic use of following medication: antihyperglycemic agents, glucocorticoids, centrally acting drugs, cytostatics, immune suppressants, potentially addictive medications.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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RG IJzerman

MD PhD FRCPE, Professor of Internal Medicine, Chair of Diabetology, Director of Diabetes Center VUmc

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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VU University Medical Center

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Doornweerd S, De Geus EJ, Barkhof F, Van Bloemendaal L, Boomsma DI, Van Dongen J, Drent ML, Willemsen G, Veltman DJ, IJzerman RG. Brain reward responses to food stimuli among female monozygotic twins discordant for BMI. Brain Imaging Behav. 2018 Jun;12(3):718-727. doi: 10.1007/s11682-017-9711-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28597337 (View on PubMed)

Doornweerd S, IJzerman RG, van der Eijk L, Neter JE, van Dongen J, van der Ploeg HP, de Geus EJ. Physical activity and dietary intake in BMI discordant identical twins. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Jun;24(6):1349-55. doi: 10.1002/oby.21475. Epub 2016 Apr 23.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27106364 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NL 44735.029.13

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

91613082

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

DC2013ObesiBrain001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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