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The Role of the Omentum in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

NCT00212160 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2017-02-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine some of the reasons that blood sugar and insulin levels improve after bariatric surgery but before weight loss begins, as well as why people respond differently to weight loss surgery. It will also examine whether removing the fat around the stomach and large intestine (the omentum) will improve weight loss. Finally, it will see why there are differences between Whites and African Americans who have weight loss surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

omentectomy

RYGB with omentectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Naji N Abumrad, MD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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