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NCT Number: NCT01822054

Childhood Body Composition and Brain Structure and Function

The specific aim of this research project is to use MRI methods to evaluate and compare brain structure and function in normal weight and obese children age 8-10 years.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

8 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72203, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy normal weight or obese children
  • Parental report of full-term gestation
  • Parental report of birth weight between 5th-95th percentiles
  • Parental report of breastfeeding or cow's milk formula fed during infancy
  • Right hand dominance

Exclusion criteria

  • Maternal diabetes
  • Maternal alcohol, tobacco or drug use during pregnancy
  • Chronic sleep disorder
  • History of psychological or psychiatric diagnosis
  • History of neurological impairment or injury
  • Surgical implant or other foreign object in the body which may be a MRI safety concern
  • Dental work which may cause artifacts in MRI
  • Claustrophobia
  • High likelihood of inability to tolerate loud noise from the MRI scanner

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Brain structure

    Time frame: 8 - 10 years of age

    We will use high resolution volumetric MRI and DTIto measure the brain structure of these children

Secondary outcomes

  1. Brain Function

    Time frame: 8-10 years of age

    We will use high resolution fMRI to measure the brain function under different cognitive paradigms

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2014
First posted
Apr 2, 2013
Registry last updated
Dec 20, 2023

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