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TerminatedNCT03263390

Modeling the Neurological Basis and Characterizing the Neurological Phenotype of Obesity Using Human Neural Stem Cells

Status
Terminated
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
6 (actual)
Sponsor
University of California, San Diego · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to characterize the neurological basis of obesity and response to surgical and medical treatment by inducing adult pluripotent stem cells into neuronal cells from subjects that have demonstrated extreme response to bariatric surgery or pharmacological treatment for obesity.

Detailed description

The investigators will consent subjects who have achieved extreme response to either bariatric surgery or pharmacologic treatment for obesity and harvest fibroblasts from skin biopsies, which will be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). These iPSC's will then be differentiated into neural progenitor cells, neurons, astrocytes, and microglia to identify genetic and epigenetic pathways altered in disease-specific neural progenitor cells of the brain.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREBariatric SurgerySleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
DRUGAnti Obesity DrugsResponse to FDA approved anti obesity medications

Timeline

Start date
2017-10-05
Primary completion
2020-08-10
Completion
2020-08-10
First posted
2017-08-28
Last updated
2020-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03263390. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.