NCT05277558Recruiting
Brain Health in Youth With Normal Weight, Overweight and Obesity at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)
Brain Health Across the Metabolic Continuum in Youth at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Investigators propose to study youth across the spectrum of body mass index (BMI) and dysglycemia. This approach will allow investigators to disentangle the relationship of key features of type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk (e.g. obesity) with intermediary physiologic changes (e.g. insulin resistance, inflammation, β-cell dysfunction and dysglycemia) that pose a risk for the brain. Investigators will determine which of these factors are most associated with differences in brain structure and function among groups, over time, and how these effects differ from normal neurodevelopment.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 117 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 11 Feb 2022
- Start date
- 24 May 2022
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Diseases
- Obesity, Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT05277558
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 117
- From 24 May 2022 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2026
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Syndromic obesity, history of bariatric surgery, insulin treatment (metformin allowed if \< 6 months) for T2D, contraindications for MRI (metal, claustrophobia), braces, pregnant (pregnancy test will be done on post-menarchal girls) or breastfeeding, inability to participate in cognitive testing due to sensory or language issues, intellectual disability, special education, pharmacologic treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), prematurity (\<36 weeks gestation), complications at birth, neurologic co-morbidities (e.g., seizures, stroke, head injury with \>10 min loss of consciousness), significant psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, current major depression), taking psychoactive medications (e.g., antipsychotics) that would interfere with testing or reporting illegal drug use. Self-reported smoking and alcohol use and length of time with obesity will be assessed by history (although these measures may not be fully reliable).
Who the study is looking for
- 12-17 yrs. old at visit 1, 12-19 yrs. old at visit 2, Tanner II or above (determined through an exam by a pediatric endocrinologist or certified nurse practitioner trained in pediatric endocrinology), otherwise healthy except for obesity, \<450 lbs. (due to MRI scanner limits), able and willing to lie flat within the MRI scanner and do cognitive testing, fluent in English.
Age in the registry: 12 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Recruiting |
| Washington University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Recruiting |
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