Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease: The Young at Heart Prospective Cohort Study
NCT06730113
This study is recruiting at 2 US sites in 2 states, according to its ClinicalTrials.gov record last updated .
Summary
Background: Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects blood sugar levels. Complications can include heart and blood vessel (vascular) diseases. Rates of type 2 diabetes have tripled in children and young adults over the last 40 years. Vascular diseases are also increasing in young people. Objective: To learn more about factors, including type 2 diabetes, that may cause vascular disease in young people. Eligibility: People aged 12 to 25 years who (1) have type 2 diabetes; (2) are overweight but not diabetic; (3) or are lean and healthy. Biological parents are also needed.
Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions studied
- Obesity
- Type 2 Diabetes
Eligibility basics and study details
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 12 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov
- September 17, 2026
These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.
US recruiting sites
District of Columbia · 1
- Children's National Hospital (CNH) · Washington D.C., DC
Maryland · 1
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, data processed . Recruiting US sites filtered by distance and site status; summaries shortened.