NCT01150006

Correlation Between Various Adipokines and Vascular Inflammation Measured by Positron Emission Tomography (PET) With 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) (18FDG-PET)

Correlation Between Various Adipokines and Vascular Inflammation Measured by 18FDG-PET In Healthy Male Subjects

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Korea University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The inflammatory state and composition of atherosclerotic plaques are considered the main contributing factors responsible for acute cardiovascular events, rather than the degree of stenosis. Recently, positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) has been suggested as a promising novel imaging technique to identify the inflammatory state of atherosclerotic plaque. Recently, a few clinical studies showed that circulating A-FABP level had a close relation with the development of atherosclerosis in human. Therefore, in the present study, the investigators examined the relationship between circulating A-FABP and vascular inflammation of carotid arteries measured using FDG-PET in healthy male subjects.

Conditions

• Atherosclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cross sectional study	This is not intervention study. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between various adipokine levels and PET imaging at the cross section setting

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2010-06-24
• Last updated: 2010-06-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea