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Exercise for Belly Fat

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Recruiting
Led By Michael D Jensen, MD
Research Sponsored by Mayo Clinic
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
For the exercise studies of leg glucose uptake - "insulin sensitive" group: Sedentary, normal weight, premenopausal women.
For the exercise studies of leg glucose uptake - "insulin resistant" group: Upper body obese (UBO) premenopausal women.
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 hour
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help researchers understand how obesity affects the body's response to insulin and how exercise can help offset those effects.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for sedentary men with upper body obesity and sedentary, normal weight premenopausal women. Participants must be aged between 18 to 55 years, have been weight stable for two months, and willing to consent in writing. Those with systemic illness, vascular diseases, using glucose-lowering drugs or women who are pregnant can't join.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study is testing how exercise affects muscle glucose uptake in people with upper body obesity compared to those of normal weight. It aims to understand the relationship between insulin action in muscles and how exercise influences sugar use from a whole-body down to cellular level.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since the intervention being studied is exercise, typical side effects might include muscle soreness, fatigue or injury related to physical activity. However, these vary widely based on individual fitness levels and the intensity of the exercise regimen.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am a sedentary, normal weight, premenopausal woman.
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I am a premenopausal woman with upper body obesity and insulin resistance.
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I am a premenopausal woman with a normal weight who does not exercise.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 hour
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 hour for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Skeletal muscle glucose uptake

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: ObeseExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: LeanExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Control

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Mayo ClinicLead Sponsor
3,206 Previous Clinical Trials
3,767,036 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)NIH
2,357 Previous Clinical Trials
4,315,138 Total Patients Enrolled
Michael D Jensen, MDPrincipal InvestigatorMayo Clinic
3 Previous Clinical Trials
98 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Exercise Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04532814 — N/A
Belly Fat Research Study Groups: Obese, Lean
Belly Fat Clinical Trial 2023: Exercise Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04532814 — N/A
Exercise 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04532814 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is it possible to participate in this experiment?

"This research seeks 48 participants aged 18 to 55 with obesity. To be eligible, potential candidates must meet specific criteria such as being sedentary and premenopausal women or age-matched normal weight men while also having a prior two-month period of steady bodyweight for the upper body obese (UBO) males in question."

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Are individuals aged 30 and older being enrolled in this trial?

"This clinical trial is only accepting patients between the ages of 18 to 55. For those under eighteen and over sixty-five, there are 202 and 596 studies respectively."

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How many people are actively participating in this research project?

"Affirmative. The particulars of this clinical trial, which was posted on November 6th 2020, are available through a quick search on the platform of clinicaltrials.gov and specify that it is currently recruiting participants. A total of 48 individuals need to be enrolled from 1 medical facility."

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Is enrollment for this project still open?

"Clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this trial is still open to applicants, as it was initially listed on November 6th 2020 and recently updated on March 2nd 2022."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Georgia
How old are they?
18 - 65
What site did they apply to?
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Exercise-stimulated Muscle Glucose Uptake in Upper Body Obesity
Michael D. Jensen 2020. "Exercise-stimulated Muscle Glucose Uptake in Upper Body Obesity". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04532814.
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