Tiny immune cells may hold key to obesity and insulin resistance
NCT ID NCT04898400
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how certain immune cells (eosinophils) interact with fat tissue in people with obesity and insulin resistance. Four participants had fat biopsies and blood tests to measure immune cells and markers of inflammation. The goal was to better understand these interactions, not to test a treatment.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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4 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Finished
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Aug 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Obesity (BMI\>30 kg/m2). * Evidence of insulin resistance as defined by hemoglobin A1c \> 5.7%. * Mayo Clinic patients evaluated by Dr. Rahul Pannala. * Pursue an endoscopic gastroplasty at Mayo Clinic Arizona in the Gastroenterology department. * Equal distribution of gender. * 18 yo older of age. * BMI\>30 kg/m2. * Nonsmoker. * Taking no medication affecting glucose or lipid metabolism. * No more than 5% change in body weight in the previous 6 months. * Mostly sedentary (engaging in strenuous exercise (\> 70% max HR) less than 3 times a week). * Not be receiving corticosteroid therapy. * Have no history of asthma, COPD or atopic syndrome, or autoimmune disease (Ulcerative colitis, Chron's disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, any rheumatologic disease such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren syndrome). Exclusion Criteria: * \<17 years of age. * BMI \<30 kg/m2. * Smoker. * Taking medication affecting glucose or lipid metabolism. * Greater than 5% change in body weight within the previous six months. * Engage in strenuous exercise (\>70% max HR) less than 3 times a week. * Receiving corticosteroid therapy. * Have a history of asthma. * History of COPD or atopic syndrome. * History of autoimmune disease (Ulcerative colitis, Chron's disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, any rheumatologic disease such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren syndrome).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States
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