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EVOC - EVs in Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease

Extracellular Vesicle Signaling in Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease (EVOC)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Jun 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this observational study is to research the impact of molecular signals from the heart, liver and fat tissue on cardiovascular disease risk, and the presentation of Type II Diabetes and diseases that affect the heart, blood vessels and metabolism (Cardiometabolic Disease). Specifically, the focus is on the content and function of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs), small sacs released from a cell's surface that contain important molecular cargo. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What molecular cargo do adipose-tissue EVs carry? 2. How do these cargo impact cardiac and hepatic function? 3. Are changes in EV content related to cardiac function and adiposity with weight loss? Tissue samples from fat tissue and blood samples will be collected from patients receiving bariatric weight loss surgery.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
First submitted
7 May 2024
Start date
2 Feb 2019
Primary completion date
1 Jul 2027
Lead sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT number
NCT06408961

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 100
  • From 2 Feb 2019 to the primary completion date, 1 Jul 2027
  • 1 site 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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Prior treatment

  • Prior clinical history of myocardial infarction or valvular heart disease

Other

  • Pregnancy (as adjudicated by patient history)

Who the study is looking for

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years of age
  • Obese (BMI\>/=30 kg/m2; for obesity/bariatric surgery group)
  • For 20 patients, additional criteria will be presence of pre-diabetes or diabetes (HgbA1c \> 5.7 or Fasting blood glucose \> 100).

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting

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