Effects of Medical and Surgical Weight Loss on Metabolism (BOS)

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity; Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments: Procedure: laparoscopic gastric banding

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00592735

SVH H06/151

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will follow ,morbidly obese subjects as they undertake weight loss before and after laparoscopic gastric banding, examining markers of glucose and lipid metabolism, adipokines and measures of body fat.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• morbidly obese subjects with type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome
• age <70

Exclusion criteria

• contra-indications to bariatric surgery

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

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Treatment:

Procedure: laparoscopic gastric banding