Effects of Human Leptin Replacement

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes

In brief

This study will test the hypothesis that leptin contributes to the regulation of the dynamics of human endocrine function.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00657605

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

3

Starts

2001-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-04

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Congenital leptin deficiency (these are only 3 adult individuals in the world that have been identified as leptin-naïve thus far).

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant, trying to become pregnant, breast-feeding an infant or sexually active women, not using contraception.
• Subjects with hemoglobin levels below 12 g/dl.
• Subjects whose body contains a ferromagnetic implanted device that might produce a safety hazard during fMRI.

Where it is running

• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Center on Pharmacogenomics — Miami, Florida, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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