Status:
COMPLETED
Cognitive Effects of Bariatric Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Collaborating Sponsors:
Columbia University
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Conditions:
Bariatric Surgery Patients
Eligibility:
All Genders
25-70 years
Brief Summary
There is growing evidence that obesity is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcome. Recent studies demonstrate that elevated body mass index (BMI) is an independent risk factor for Alzheimer's d...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Specific criteria for bariatric surgery patients include:
- Inclusion Criteria
- 25-65 years of age
- Enrolled in LABS project
- English-speaking
- Exclusion Criteria
- History of neurological disorder or injury (e.g. dementia, stroke, seizures)
- Moderate or severe head injury (defined as \>10 minutes loss of consciousness; Alexander, 1995)
- Past or current history of severe psychiatric illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
- Past or current history of alcohol or drug abuse (defined by DSM-IV criteria)
- History of learning disorder or developmental disability (defined by DSM-IV criteria)
- Impaired sensory function
- Inclusion/exclusion criteria for matched control participants include:
- All of the inclusion/exclusion criteria for the surgical patients, except for enrollment in the LABS project
- No history of bariatric surgery procedures
- No interest in bariatric surgery procedures in the next two years
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
253 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00671775
Start Date
September 1 2005
End Date
March 1 2010
Last Update
March 7 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Columbia
New York, New York, United States, 10065