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Lifestyle vs.Surgery for Morbid Obesity Treatment

NCT02122029 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2014-04-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the current study is to determine whether an intensive lifestyle intervention was as effective as surgery to treat morbid obesity nine years post-intervention.

Conditions

  • Morbid Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counselling

Behavioral techniques for weight management

PROCEDURE

Bariatric Surgery

Vertical Banding Gastroplasty

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harokopio University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Labros S Sidossis, Professor · Department of Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
51 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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