Scientists probe fat cells for clues to healthy aging
NCT ID NCT05653258
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study examines fat tissue from older adults to see how exercise, diet, or senolytic drugs affect cell health and metabolism. Researchers will take small fat samples and use advanced genetic analysis to map cell types and signs of aging. The goal is to better understand how lifestyle and treatments might improve insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in older people.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lifestyle intervention (exercise and diet) and senolytics
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could reveal how fat cells change with age and how interventions like exercise or senolytics might improve metabolic health in older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage exploratory study focused on cellular mapping, not a treatment trial. Results may not lead to direct clinical benefits or apply to broader populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Both Sexes 2. Age: younger lean group 18-30 years with BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2; younger obese group 18-30 with BMI 30.0 -39.9; older obese group ≥ 65 years with BMI 30.0-39.9 3. All races and ethnic groups 4. Community dwelling 5. Sedentary (≤1.5 h of exercise per week) 6. Nondiabetic (fasting plasma glucose \< 126 mg/dl, 2-h glucose during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) \< 140mg/dl, and A1c \< 6.5% 7. For all female participants who are women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), who are not pregnant or breast feeding, at least one of the following conditions must apply: A documented hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy Use of a contraceptive method that is highly effective (with a failure rate of \<1% per year), preferably with low user dependency (implantable progesterone-only hormone contraception, intrauterine hormone releasing system, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner) during the intervention period of the study and for at least 30 days after the last dose of study intervention to eliminate any reproductive safety risk of the study drug. Use of a contraceptive method that is highly effective (with a failure rate of \<1% per year), with high user dependency, (oral/intravaginal/injectable combined estrogen and progesterone contraception, oral/injectable progesterone only hormone contraception, sexual abstinence) during the intervention period and for at least 30 days after the last dose of study intervention to eliminate any reproductive safety risk of the study drug. In addition to the highly effective methods: male or female condom with or without spermicide; cervical cap, diaphragm, or sponge with spermicide; a combination of male condom with either cervical cap, diaphragm, or sponge with spermicide. 8. ECG value after 10 minutes of resting in the supine position in the following ranges: 120ms\<PR\<220ms: QRS\<120ms; QTc\<430ms for males and QTc\<450ms for females and normal ECG tracing, unless the investigator considers the ECG abnormality to be not clinically relevant. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diabetes, clinically diagnosed or HbA1c \> 6.5% and/or fasting plasma glucose \> 126 mg/dl and/or use of anti-diabetic medications. 2. Participating in \> 1.5 h of structured exercise/week 3. Unstable weight (\>3% change in last 3 months) 4. Neurological, musculoskeletal, or other conditions that may limit subject's ability to complete study physical assessment and training 5. Active autoimmune/inflammatory disease including: rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematous, inflammatory bowel disease 6. Laboratory parameters outside the normal range: * impaired kidney function (eGFR \< 30ml/min/1.73m² as calculated by the CKD-EPI equation); * impaired liver function (AST or ALT level \> 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN); * total Bilirubin level \> 1.5 times ULN; * TSH \> 1.5 times ULN or \< lower limit of normal (LLN); * Hemoglobin \<10.0 g/dl; Platelets \<125,000 cell/mm³; * Platelets \< 125,000 cell/mm³ * Prothrombin time (PT) \> 1.0 times ULN * Partial prothrombin time (PTT) \> 1.0 times ULN. 7. Active gastrointestinal disease; coagulopathy; GI bleed within 6 months 8. Clinically significant heart disease (e.g. NYH Classification \>II; ischemia) 9. Peripheral vascular disease (claudication) 10. QTc prolongation \>45 msec 11. Use of anti-arrhythmic medications known to cause QTc prolongation, anti-platelet or anti-coagulant medication (see section 5.3) 12. Use of quinolone antibiotics or any other drugs that may prolong the QTc interval (see section 5.3) 13. Pulmonary disease (COPD), severe asthma or exercise-induced asthma 14. Recent systemic or pulmonary embolus 15. Uncontrolled blood pressure (systolic BP\>170, diastolic BP\>95 mmHg) 16. Smoking, alcohol use (history of regular alcohol consumption exceeding 7 drinks/week for female participants or 14 drinks/week for male participants. 1 drink = 5 ounces \[150ml\] of wine or 12 ounces \[360ml\] of beer or 1.5 ounces \[45ml\] of hard liquor) or recreational drug use (other than marijuana) 17. Pregnant or breastfeeding 18. Postmenopausal women new (within 6 months) to systemic hormone replacement therapy 19. Previous bariatric surgery 20. History of stroke with motor disability 21. Recent (3 years) treated cancer other than basal cell carcinoma 22. Acute or chronic infection 23. Medication that might interfere with metabolic studies (weight loss medication, systemic steroids, immunosuppressants) within 6 months (see section 5.3) 24. Potentially senolytic agents within the last 6 months: fisetin, quercetin, luteolin, dasatinib, piperlongumine, or navitoclax (see section 5.3) 25. History of allergy to dasatinib, quercetin and/or lidocaine. 26. Concurrent enrollment in another interventional trial.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cedars Sinai Medical Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90048, United States
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