Effect of Chronic Catecholamine Overproduction on Brown Adipose Tissue

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adrenal Incidentaloma; Pheochromocytoma

Treatments: Procedure: Removal of adrenal tumor

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01949714

ES-0005

Details and patient eligibility

About

• 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

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Pheochromocytoma patients

Description:

Pheochromocytoma patients

Treatment:

Procedure: Removal of adrenal tumor