Impact of Biliopancreatic Limb Lenght on Long-term Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Hospital General Universitario Elche

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Weight Loss

Treatments: Procedure: BP limb 120cm; Procedure: BP limb 70cm

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03607305

HGUE 2012-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: those patients undergoing RYGB with a BPL of 70cm and those ones undergoing RYGB with a BPL of 120 cm.

Excess BMI loss 5 years after surgery was investigated

Full description

Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: those patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a biliopancreatic limb of 70cm and those ones undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a biliopancreatic limb of 120 cm. Alimentary limb was constant in both groups (150cm).

Excess BMI loss 5 years after surgery was investigated

Enrollment: 506 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI >40 Kg/m2
• BMI > 35 Kg/m2 with the presence of comorbidities associated to obesity
• Age older than 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing other bariatric techniques than RYGB
• Patients undergoing RYGB with different BPL or AL lengths than that reported for this study
• Any other surgical procedure added to the bariatric surgery
• Impossibility to comply with pre-established clinical follow-up.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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506 participants in 2 patient groups

BP limb 70cm

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients underwent a RYGB with a biliopancreatic limb of 70cm

Treatment:

Procedure: BP limb 70cm

BP limb 120cm

Experimental group

Description:

Patients underwent a RYGB with a biliopancreatic limb of 120cm

Treatment:

Procedure: BP limb 120cm