Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Biometabolic Outcomes After Weight Loss Surgery: An Individualized Approach

Lead Sponsor:

University of Missouri-Columbia

Conditions:

Obesity, Morbid

Metabolic Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Variable outcomes after weight loss surgery are likely attributable to complex, poorly understood mechanisms. Due to the significant impact that morbid obesity has on a patient's health, successful ma...

Detailed Description

Outcomes after weight loss surgery are quite variable with some patients regaining a significant amount of weight in the postoperative period. Increasing evidence suggests gastric bypass leads to weig...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age greater than 18
  • Body mass index of 40-60 kg/m2
  • Meet insurance criteria, as set forth by the patient's insurance policy, to qualify for coverage for weight loss surgery
  • Planned laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
  • Willingness to have blood collected before and after surgical procedure at defined points and collect and mail stool sample before operation and at defined post-operative time points.

Exclusion

  • Age less than 18
  • Patient fails to fulfill insurance mandated criteria
  • Unwilling to be randomized to variable length to gastric bypass or unwilling to have blood collected or personally collect and mail in stool sample
  • Unwilling to follow-up at required postoperative visits

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2031

Estimated Enrollment :

750 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04841057

Start Date

November 1 2021

End Date

March 1 2031

Last Update

August 1 2025

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University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65203