Pediatric Metabolism and Microbiome Repository
Completed
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity
- Registration Number
- NCT02959034
- Lead Sponsor
- Duke University
- Brief Summary
The aim of this project is to establish a bio-repository of diverse specimen types to provide investigators access to specimens in order to further research related to metabolism and the microbiome in the pediatric population.
- Detailed Description
Human microbial cell lines, stool and/or DNA and RNA will be collected from participants 10-18 years with a BMI greater than 95th percentile and their healthy siblings.
Specimens will be collected at 3 time points over a seven month period. Healthy siblings will provide just one blood and stool sample. Samples will be maintained at the Duke Medical Science Research Laboratory.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 486
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients of the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke for the care of children with obesity, a sibling of a patient in the Healthy Lifestyles Program, or is a patient at Duke Children's Primary Care.
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Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnant females.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The measure of abnormal metabolism using a sample biorepository 5 years measures of metabolomics using a sample biorepository
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Duke University Health System
🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States