NCT07370350Recruiting
Ultrasound Assessment of Tongue Characteristics in Children and Adolescents With Obesity
Standardized Tongue Ultrasound Protocol for Tongue Characteristics in Children and Adolescents With Obesity After a 30-week Inpatient Weight Loss Program
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This longitudinal observational study aims to validate ultrasound-based tongue markers related to tongue characteristics, including fat accumulation, morphologic and mechanical properties of the tongue in children and adolescents with obesity. Participants are assessed at baseline and after completion of a standardized 30-week inpatient weight-loss rehabilitation program at the Zeepreventorium (De Haan, Belgium). Tongue ultrasound parameters are examined in relation to anthropometric characteristics and obstructive sleep apnea condition.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 3 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Haute Ecole Bruxelles-Brabant
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07370350
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 100
- From 1 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Jul 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
- Known orthopedic, traumatic, or rheumatologic conditions affecting the cervicocephalic region
Other
- Contraindication to ultrasound examination
- Inability to comply with study procedures
- Inability to understand the procedures
Who the study is looking for
- Children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years
- Diagnosis of obesity
- Already enrolled in the inpatient weight-loss rehabilitation program at the Zeepreventorium
- Written informed consent from legal guardian and assent from the participant, following the legal requirements
Age in the registry: 6 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISEK-HE2B, av. Schalle 91 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brussels | Belgium | Recruiting |
| Zeepreventorium Koninklijke Baan 5 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | De Haan | Belgium | Not yet recruiting |
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