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CompletedNCT01949714Updated May 23, 2022

Effect of Chronic Catecholamine Overproduction on Brown Adipose Tissue

An observational study in Pheochromocytoma and Adrenal Incidentaloma, sponsored by University of Aarhus. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-23.

Sponsored by University of Aarhus · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
10
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

  • To investigate the effect of catecholamine excess on brown fat.
  • To evaluate the effect of brown fat on energy expenditure and lipid and glucose metabolism
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Conditions studied

  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Adrenal Incidentaloma
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In context

Pheochromocytoma

149 studies on the registry are indexed under Pheochromocytoma; 56 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 10 is below the median of 186 across 54 observational studies indexed under Pheochromocytoma.

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Lead sponsor

University of Aarhus is the lead sponsor of 1,274 studies on the registry; 183 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with adrenal tumors

Inclusion criteria

  • 10 patients with pheochromocytoma
  • 5 patients with incidentaloma without hormone production
  • Age > 18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Pheochromocytoma patients

    Pheochromocytoma patients

    Procedure: Removal of adrenal tumor

Interventions

  • ProcedureRemoval of adrenal tumor
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. [18F]FDG uptake in brown adipose tissue

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Endocrinology MEA, Aarhus Hospital
    Aarhus C, Please Select 8000, Denmark
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 23, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01949714
Lead sponsor
University of Aarhus
Responsible party
Esben Søndergaard (MD, PhD, Post Doc, University of Aarhus) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 24, 2013
Start date
Aug 2013
Primary completion
Jan 2022
Completion
Jan 2022
Last update
May 23, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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