NCT01150019

Correlation Between Circulating Resistin and Vascular Inflammation Measured by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) (18FDG-PET)

Correlation Between Circulating Resistin and Vascular Inflammation Measured by 18FDG-PET in Obese Person

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Korea University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Vascular inflammation is a key factor in both the pathogenesis and outcome of atherosclerosis.Resistin was shown to induce vascular endothelial dysfunction and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising tool for identifying and quantifying vascular inflammation within atherosclerotic plaques.Therefore, the purpose of the study is to demonstrate the correlation between circulating resistin and vascular inflammation detected by 18FDG-PET in obese persons.

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: 2010-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea