Childhood Body Composition and Brain Structure and Function

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute1 site in 1 country27 target enrollmentJanuary 2012

ConditionsHealthy

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Healthy
Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Enrollment: 27
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Brain structure
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The specific aim of this research project is to use MRI methods to evaluate and compare brain structure and function in normal weight and obese children age 8-10 years.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2012

End Date

August 2014

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Healthy normal weight or obese children
•Parental report of full-term gestation
•Parental report of birth weight between 5th-95th percentiles
•Parental report of breastfeeding or cow's milk formula fed during infancy
•Right hand dominance

Exclusion Criteria

•Maternal diabetes
•Maternal alcohol, tobacco or drug use during pregnancy
•Chronic sleep disorder
•History of psychological or psychiatric diagnosis
•History of neurological impairment or injury
•Surgical implant or other foreign object in the body which may be a MRI safety concern
•Dental work which may cause artifacts in MRI
•Claustrophobia
•High likelihood of inability to tolerate loud noise from the MRI scanner