NCT04208256Completed
Food Intake and the Adolescent Brain
The Neural Underpinnings of Disinhibited Eating Behavior in Adolescents With and Without Obesity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The brain plays an integral role in how and what people eat. However, the brain's contribution to overeating is not well understood during sensitive developmental periods such as adolescence, when excessive weight gain and obesity prevalence are a significant concern.The proposed study will use functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine how the brain's response to excess energy is related to overeating in adolescents with and without obesity.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 63 (actual)
- First submitted
- 19 Dec 2019
- Start date
- Dec 2019
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04208256
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 63
- From Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, Sept 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- currently taking anti-psychotic medications (not including anti-depressant or anti- anxiety medications);
Other illness
- have a physician's diagnosis of metabolic syndrome or diabetes (Type 1 or 2);
Age
- weigh less than 88 pounds or have a BMI% rank of \<10% for age and sex;
Other
- have a physician's diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa;
- have a non-MRI safe device (e.g. pacemaker or defibrillator) or metal in the body (e.g. metal pins, shrapnel);
- experience symptoms of claustrophobia when in small or closed-off places;
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant
Who the study is looking for
- male or female
- 13-18 years-old
- resident of Colorado
Age in the registry: 13 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
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