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