ClinicalTrials.gg
CompletedNCT04448730Updated Jun 26, 2020

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and BETATROPHIN

An observational study in Polycystic Ovary and Obesity, sponsored by Hatice Akkaya. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-06-26.

Sponsored by Hatice Akkaya · Observational

Help build ClinicalTrials.gg — short surveys, remote interviews or testing, in your language. Take part →

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
73
Ages
18 Years to 40 Years
Sex
Female
01

Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 72 studies in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with a site in Turkey — 14 open to participants now, 15 under way, none of them phase 3. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome · Turkey.

Enrollment
33rd of 43
73 · median 90
Started
2018
with 2 others
Observational
43 of 72
4 open now
Registered
19th of 72
by date

Among the 72 studies in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with a site in Turkey, this one is the 33rd largest by enrollment of the 43 observational ones that give a count, is one of 3 that started in 2018, is one of 43 observational ones, and was the 19th registered.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

958 studies on the registry are indexed under Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; 176 are open to participants now.

Browse Polycystic Ovary Syndrome studies →

Open to participants now

14 of the 72 studies in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with a site in Turkey are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

9 more — sign in →

All 14 open studies →

A study can be open while its sites in Turkey have not opened yet or have stopped. Only those recruiting at a site in Turkey →

Who these studies take

Of the 119 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome studies recruiting now, 11 (9%) set no upper age limit and 105 (88%) stop at 75 or younger; 23 take children under 18; 41 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 40 Years · female · no healthy volunteers.

The full table on the hub →

This tab as a report to print or save as PDF → With an account.

Was this useful?
Watch this landscapeDownload CSVNarrow it in search →With an account: a weekly mail of what changed among 72 studies in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with a site in Turkey, or all of them as a file.
02

Study summary

This is an original study giving an information about the association body mass index, polycystic ovary syndrome and betatrophin.

Read the detailed description

Introduction: Betatrophin is a protein hormone which has a significant role in glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism. The aim of this study is to compare the levels of serum betatrophin in overweight and normal weight women with PCOS.

Material and Method: Thirty-five patients normal weight women with PCOS (BMI\<25) and 38 obese women with PCOS (BMI≥25) were included in this prospective, cross-sectional study. Patients were selected according to Rotterdam criteria. Serum betatrophin levels were studied by ELISA method and then compared between these two groups besides the following additional parameters as waist circumference/hip circumference ratio, fasting blood glucose, 75 g OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) results and HOMA-IR levels.

03

Conditions studied

  • Polycystic Ovary
  • Obesity

Keywords

  • Betatrophin
  • PCOS
  • obesity
  • insulin resistance
04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Comparison of the Betatrohin serum marker of insulin resistance in normal weight and overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome cases.

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

-Polycystic ovary syndrome according to 2003 Rotterdam PCOS Consensus diagnostic criteria

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

  • pregnancy,
  • an additional systemic disease (i.e.,hyperprolactinemia, thyroid dysfunction, liver or kidney diseases, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, type 1 or type 2 diabetes, chronic or acute infection within the previous 30 days),
  • morbid obesity,
  • smoking,
  • the use of medications for , androgen excess, hypertension, hyperglycemia or dyslipidemia at least 3 months before the study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

05

Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
73 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Group 1 (normal weight with PCOS )

    35 cases

    Diagnostic Test: serum marker levels

  • overweight PCOS

    38 cases

    Diagnostic Test: serum marker levels

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testserum marker levels

    two groups comparisons

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. serum Betatrophin levels

    ng/L

    Time frame: 30 min

Secondary outcomes

  1. Waist/hip ratio

    centimeter

    Time frame: 5 min

  2. 75 gr OGTT(oral glucose tolerance test)

    (mg/dl)

    Time frame: 2 hours

  3. BMI (body mass index)

    kg/m2

    Time frame: 5 minute

07

Study locations

1 site
  • Kayseri Doğumevi
    Kocasinan, Kayseri 38090, Turkey
08

References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — If needed

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report, Analytic code

Time frame: 1 year

Access criteria: journals editors request

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

09

Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Jul 2019, 18 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jun 23, 2020
First posted
Jun 26, 2020
StartActual
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jul 30, 2019
CompletionActual
Dec 30, 2019
Last update
Jun 26, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 26, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04448730
Lead sponsor
Hatice Akkaya
Responsible party
Hatice Akkaya (associate professor, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Jun 26, 2020
Start date
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2019
Completion
Dec 30, 2019
Last update
Jun 26, 2020

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is completed, as verified in Jan 2019. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion