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Ghrelin Changes After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

NCT00765596 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2011-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether gastric division (via Roux-en-Y gastric bypass) with resultant fundic isolation will alter the pattern(s) of Ghrelin secretion in the early post-operative period following feeding in morbidly obese subjects.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Liquid diet for 3 days

The control group were given a 3 -day liquid diet similar to the RYGB post-op diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Naji N Abumrad, MD · Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Erik N Hansen, MD · Departement of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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