Genetic Testing and Phenotypic Characterization of Severely Obese Pediatric and Adult Volunteers
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02849977. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
Data is sourced from official ClinicalTrials.gov public API records. Always review the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for the latest information.
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
The purpose of this screening study is to identify people who have a rare genetic cause of obesity - specifically three genetic variants (a change in the DNA structure) of the POMC, PCSK1 and LepR genes that are currently known to result in obesity. This screening study will not include any investigational drugs. You will be asked to provide a DNA sample and answer some questions about your medical history and hunger.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02849977
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 5,966 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 2 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 27, 2016
- Primary completion
- Jun 8, 2020
- Completion
- Jun 8, 2020
- Last update posted
- Nov 14, 2022
2016 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 48
- U.S. states
- 22
- U.S. cities
- 41
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Simon Williamson Clinic, PC | Birmingham | Alabama | 35211 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Phoenix Southeast | Chandler | Arizona | 85224 | — |
| Clinical Research Advantage Inc. | Mesa | Arizona | — | — |
| Tucson Neuroscience Research - M3 Wake Research | Tucson | Arizona | 85710 | — |
| Not listed | Encino | California | 91316 | — |
| PRI, LLC - Los Alamitos - M3 Wake Research | Los Alamitos | California | 90720 | — |
| Axis Clinical Trails | Los Angeles | California | — | — |
| Axis Clinical Trials | Los Angeles | California | — | — |
| PRI, LLC - Newport Beach - M3 Wake Research | Newport Beach | California | 92660 | — |
| Nemours Foundation Alfred Dupont Children's Hospital | Wilmington | Delaware | 19803 | — |
| Children's National Medical Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20010 | — |
| University of Florida | Gainesville | Florida | 32610 | — |
| South Florida Clinical Trials | Hialeah | Florida | — | — |
| Translational Research Inst. for Metabolism and Diabetes | Orlando | Florida | 32804 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital | Orlando | Florida | 32827 | — |
| Palm Harbor Medical Associates - BTC - PPDS | Palm Harbor | Florida | 34684 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - St. Petersburg | Pinellas Park | Florida | 33781 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60602 | — |
| Maine Medical Partners Pediatric Specialty Care | Portland | Maine | 4102 | — |
| Baystate Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology | Springfield | Massachusetts | — | — |
| Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Healthy Weight Center | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - West Florissant Internists | Bridgeton | Missouri | 63044 | — |
| Impact Clinical Trials - Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Nevada | — | — |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | New Mexico | — | — |
| New York Clinical Trials-Brooklyn | Brooklyn | New York | — | — |
| Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes Amanda House | Buffalo | New York | 14203 | — |
| Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY | Lake Success | New York | 11042 | — |
| NYU Langone Medical Center | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
| Columbia University | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| New York Clinical Trials-Manhattan | New York | New York | — | — |
| UNC Health Care - NC Children's Specialty Clinic | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27514-4220 | — |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Duke University Hospital | Durham | North Carolina | 27705 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Akron | Akron | Ohio | 44311 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45236 | — |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition | Columbus | Ohio | 43205 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Columbus | Columbus | Ohio | 43212 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Centennial Health, PC - | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 73111 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - Primary Care Associates | Anderson | South Carolina | 29621 | — |
| University of Tennesseee Health Science Center | Memphis | Tennessee | 38103 | — |
| Medical Research Center of Memphis, LLC - M3 Wake Research | Memphis | Tennessee | 38120 | — |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | Amarillo | Texas | 79106 | — |
| Synexus - Synexus US, LP - Dallas | Dallas | Texas | 75234 | — |
| Global Medical Research - M3 Wake Research | DeSoto | Texas | 75115 | — |
| Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc. - San Antonio | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
| University of Utah, Department of Surgery | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle | Washington | 98105 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 10 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02849977, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
- Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
- Last refresh
- Last update posted Nov 14, 2022 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
Related: full search, browse by condition, browse by drug or therapy, browse by sponsor, browse by U.S. city.
Open the official record
The complete protocol, eligibility criteria, and contact information for NCT02849977 live on ClinicalTrials.gov.