Status:

COMPLETED

LAGB Versus VBG: 7-Year Results

Lead Sponsor:

Maastricht University Medical Center

Conditions:

Morbid Obesity

Bariatric Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-59 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate the long term results of a randomized clinical single-centre trial comparing two standard operative techniques in bariatric surgery; laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandi...

Detailed Description

One hundred morbidly obese patients were included in the study. Randomization between the two operative techniques was performed using a computer model. Fifty patients were included in both groups. We...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • BMI of \> 40 kg/m2 or \> 35 kg/m2 with obesity-related comorbidities
  • Failure to achieve sustainable weight loss with proven conservative measures

Exclusion

  • severe psychiatric and / or eating disorders
  • unable to keep to a prescribed postoperative diet
  • \< 18 or \> 60 years
  • not eligible to bariatric surgery according to a member of the multidisciplinary team (psychologist, dietician, nurse practitioner, general practitioner and surgeon)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00840736

Start Date

May 1 2007

End Date

July 1 2008

Last Update

February 10 2009

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Maastricht University Medical Centre

Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, 6202 AZ