NCT01718080

The Effects of Puberty and Weight on Sugar Metabolism in Children

The Role of Puberty and Insulin Resistance in the Development of Hyperglucagonemia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 83 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Our goal is to investigate how hormones that control blood sugar, hunger, and stomach emptying change with puberty and being overweight. These substances change with a meal. * For this, we need to compare lean and overweight children. * We need to study them before and during puberty. * All children in the study will be tested before and after a liquid meal.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Leanness
• Adolescent

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2012-10-31
• Last updated: 2017-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States