Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:32 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:32 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06627868
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Willingness to provide informed consent to participate in the BATNAD study
* Must be able to read and speak English/Finnish/Swedish well enough to completely understand the instructions and provide informed consent
* Age 30-55 (sedentary lifestyle)
* BMI = 18-25 kg/m2 (normal-weight subjects)
* BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 and waist circumference more than 100 cm in men and more than 90 cm in women (subjects with obesity)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Inability to have PET/CT (claustrophobia, metal implants, recent tattoo including metal components, weight \> 200 kg)
* Pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions (postpartum/lactation during the last 12 months, or planning to become pregnant soon)
* Major alterations in the menstrual cycle (e.g., amenorrhea)
* Use of nicotine based products
* Hypo- or hyper- thyroidism (medical history, TSH, T3 or T4 levels out of the normal range)
* Diabetes mellitus (fasting Hb1Ac \>6.5% or fasting glycaemia\> 7.0 mmol/)
* Abnormal oral glucose tolerance test (2h OGTT \> 11.1 mmol/L)
* Hypertension (blood pressure \> 160/100 mmHg)
* Abnormal cardiovascular status (arrhythmia and/or long QTc in ECG, abnormal cardiac murmur, previous history of cardiovascular disease)
* Abnormal coagulopathy (e.g., clotting abnormality)
* Malignancies
* Immunological, autoimmune and primary/secondary immunodeficiency disorders (including or not any active treatment)
* Virus or bacterial infection (both asymptomatic and symptomatic picture) within the 45 days prior to the study start
* Vaccination within the 45 days prior to the study start
* Episode of fever or major surgery, burns and traumas within the month prior to the study start
* Chronic infections requiring chronic antibiotic or anti-viral treatment
* Whole blood donation in the last 3 months (\>400 mL of blood) or plans for blood donation during the entire protocol period
* Weight change (intentional or not) over the last 6-months more than 5% of body weight, or plan to lose weight during the study
* Allergy to lidocaine or epinephrine, or other local anaesthetics
* Previous participation to studies where PET or CT method is used
* Use of any medication that, in the opinion of local clinician/researcher, would negatively impact or mitigate full participation and completion, or could influence the study results. This especially applies to the use of β or α adrenergic receptors agonists/antagonists (e.g., β-blockers).
* Any other cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopaedic, neurologic, psychiatric or other conditions that, in the opinion of the local clinician/researcher, would preclude participation and successful completion of the protocol, or that would negatively impact or mitigate participation in and completion of the protocol
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
30 Years
Maximum Age:
55 Years
Study:
NCT06627868
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06627868