sentences:  Data is being collected from a Phase II open-label clinical study directed by Morris Schambelan, M.D., a professor of medicine at University of California San Francisco.Dr Schambelan serves as Chief of Endocrinology and Director of the General Clinical Research Center at San Francisco General Hospital.This study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Iplex treatment with the primary goal of determining the effects of Iplex on visceral fat distribution and glucose and lipid metabolism.