Effect of Chronic Catecholamine Overproduction on Brown Adipose Tissue

* To investigate the effect of catecholamine excess on brown fat. * To evaluate the effect of brown fat on energy expenditure and lipid and glucose metabolism

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Key information

Conditions

Pheochromocytoma Adrenal Incidentaloma Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Neuroectodermal Tumors Neuroendocrine Tumors Paraganglioma

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Endocrinology MEA, Aarhus Hospital

Aarhus C, Please Select, 8000, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

10 patients with pheochromocytoma
5 patients with incidentaloma without hormone production
Age > 18 years

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Removal of adrenal tumor

Procedure

Primary outcomes

[18F]FDG uptake in brown adipose tissue

Time frame: 3 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Aarhus

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Sep 24, 2013
Registry last updated: May 23, 2022

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