Ultrasound Imaging of the Tongue in Children and Teens With Obesity
Uses tongue ultrasound to study tongue fat and structure in children with obesity.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Haute Ecole Bruxelles-Brabant
- Where
- Brussels and De Haan, BelgiumSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Ultrasound Assessment of Tongue Characteristics in Children and Adolescents With Obesity
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Apr 2025
- Planned end
- 1 Aug 2026
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Submental ultrasound
- Record updated
- 27 January 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children and teenagers with obesity who are already in the 30-week inpatient weight-loss program at the Zeepreventorium. Tongue ultrasound is done before and after the program.
- Age
- 6 to 18 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Diagnosis of obesity.
- Earlier treatment
- Must already be enrolled in the inpatient weight-loss rehabilitation program at the Zeepreventorium.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Known bone, injury or rheumatic conditions affecting the neck and head area
- A medical reason why ultrasound cannot be done
- Cannot follow the study procedures
- Cannot understand the procedures
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 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
Who cannot take part
- Known orthopedic, traumatic, or rheumatologic conditions affecting the cervicocephalic region
- Contraindication to ultrasound examination
- Inability to comply with study procedures
- Inability to understand the procedures
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 6 and 18 years old?
Where in Belgium
- ISEK-HE2B, av. Schalle 91Brussels, BelgiumContact: Frederic Paillaugue, MSc PTTaking people
- Zeepreventorium Koninklijke Baan 5De Haan, BelgiumContact: Steven Provyn, PhDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
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.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Study group
Children and adolescents with obesity participating in a specialized inpatient multidisciplinary weight-loss rehabilitation program (30 weeks). As this is an observational study, tongue ultrasound (via a submental approach, a non-invasive, risk-free and harmless procedure) will be performed and basic anthropometric data (height, weight, neck circumference, hydration status) will be collected.
Treatment: Submental ultrasound
- Control group
Healthy children and adolescents. As this is an observational study, tongue ultrasound (via a submental approach, a non-invasive, risk-free and harmless procedure) will be performed and basic anthropometric data (height, weight, neck circumference, hydration status) will be collected.
Treatment: Submental ultrasound
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Standardized Tongue Ultrasound Protocol for Tongue Characteristics in Children and Adolescents With Obesity After a 30-week Inpatient Weight Loss Program
- Plain-language title
- Ultrasound Imaging of the Tongue in Children and Teens With ObesityGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07370350, who can take part
- Record updated
- 27 January 2026