Clinical Trial Between Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity (LOK)

Göteborg University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Morbid Obesity

Treatments: Procedure: Laparoscopic VBG; Procedure: Laparoscopic gastric bypass

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01639677

LOK-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized clinical trial assessing the outcome of two surgical strategies to treat severe obesity; laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic VBG. Main outcome is weight loss and weight loss maintenance but other factors as body composition, eating pattern, metabolic normalisation, energy expenditure will also be assessed.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI 35-50 kg/m2
• 20-60 y

Exclusion criteria

• Severe co-morbidity
• Unmotivated to long term follow up

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Laparoscopic gastric bypass

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic gastric bypass

Laparoscopic VBG

Active Comparator group

Description:

Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic VBG