Evaluation of Lipoedema Tissue Transcriptome

Study Purpose

Lipoedema is a chronic painful disease with a fat distribution disorder affecting women. It is probably aggravated by hormonal changes. It is also discussed that a genetical predisposition might be a risk factor for developing lipoedema. The mechanisms leading to lipoedema are mostly unknown. The aim of this study is to identify molecular mechanisms and changes of the RNA-Expression pattern causing lipoedema by comparing the transcriptome of subcutaneous tissue of lipoedema patients vs.#46; healthy subcutaneous tissue.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	Unknown
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Observational
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	Female

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Lipohypertrophy: tissue from healthy patients (n=20): Consent-capable female patients ≥18 years of age with lipohypertrophy. 2. Lipoedema milde stage: tissue from Lipoedema patients with mild stage 1 (n=20): Consent-capable female patients ≥18 years of age with Lipoedema (Stage 1) 3. Lipoedema moderate stage: tissue from Lipoedema patients with moderate stage 2 (n=20): Consent-capable female patients ≥18 years of age with Lipoedema (Stage 2) 4. Lipoedema severe stage: tissue from Lipoedema patients with severe stage 3 (n=20): Consent-capable female patients ≥18 years of age with Lipoedema (Stage 3)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Inflammation in region of interest, HIV, Hepatitis

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT05861583
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	N/A
Principal Investigator Affiliation	N/A
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	Germany
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Lipedema

Additional Details

Lipoedema is a fat distribution disorder affecting mostly women. This chronic disease is characterized by painful fatty tissue accumulating especially at the limbs. The aetiopathogenesis of this disease is unsure. It is observed that a familial predisposition might increase the risk of developing lipoedema. Hormonal variations during puberty, pregnancy or climacteric period are also discussed as main factor for lipoedema. Molecular and genetical changes are rarely identified. The aim of this study is to identify changes in the expression pattern of fat cells causing lipoedema. One possibility to medicate this disease is to reduce the subcutaneous fatty tissue by liposuction. While this surgical procedure, a tumescent solution for reducing bleeding and pain is used. This study is also trying to identify the effect of tumescent solution to fatty tissue. This trial is an explorative study using excised tissue by surgery to compare the gene expression pattern of subcutaneous tissue of lipoedema patients to healthy subcutaneous tissue. Therefore, lipoedema patients of mild stage, moderate stage and severe stage as well as healthy patients with lipohypertrophy as control group are included to the study. The participation was on a voluntary basis. Only patients who reached the age of majority and who are able to consent were included. The study group patients are characterized by the typical, symmetrical and painful fat distribution especially at the limbs. The aim of the surgical treatment via liposuction of lipoedema patients is to reduce the fatty tissue, which is causing the development of oedema, the persistent pain and the formation of haematoma. The control group patients are determined by having a healthy subcutaneous fatty tissue, which was surgical reduced caused by cosmetical effects. The subcutaneous tissue therefore was reduced via liposuction following the standardised operation procedures. Starting the procedure, a small native tissue sample is collected without any additional invasive procedure. After installing a tumescent anaesthetic solution containing epinephrine and local anaesthetics subcutaneous the liposuction will be performed. The liposuction is done in power assisted liposuction technique. An additional sample of liposuctioned fat tissue treated with tumescent solution will be collected. The RNA-Expression pattern of the fatty tissue will be analysed by performing a NGS-Analysis. Changes of the RNA-Expression of lipoedema of different stages compared to normal fatty tissue will be detected. Further the effect of the intra-surgical used tumescent solution on fat cells can be detected by comparing native and treated tissue samples. Another aim of the study is to collect data concerning anamnestic aspects, symptoms and factors possibly leading to the development and progress of the disease. These data will be analysed to identify risk factors for lipoedema.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

: Lipohypertrophy

Active Comparator Tissue from healthy patients with lipohypertrophy,

: Lipoedema mild stage

Experimental Tissue from lipoedema patients with mild stage (stage 1)

: Lipoedema moderate stage

Experimental Tissue from lipoedema patients with moderate stage (stage 2)

: Lipoedema severe stage

Experimental Tissue from lipoedema patients with severe stage (stage 3)

Interventions

Other: - fat tissue

fat tissue sample collected while cosmetical liposuction

Other: - lipoedema tissue (stage 1)

lipoedema tissue sample (stage 1) collected while medical liposuction

Other: - lipoedema tissue (stage 2)

lipoedema tissue sample (stage 2) collected while medical liposuction

Other: - lipoedema tissue (stage 3)

lipoedema tissue sample (stage 3) collected while medical liposuction

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International Sites

University of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Schleswig-Holstein

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23538

Site Contact

Tobias Kisch, MD

[email protected]

004945150040512

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