Perioperative Nutrition in Gastric Bypass Surgery

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Complications; Gastric Bypass

Treatments: Other: Post operative early enteral feeding; Dietary Supplement: Glucose load (Nutricia)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00549237

CER 07 - 096

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the influence of peri-operative nutrition on the preservation of lean body mass after gastric bypass, as well as it's influence on postoperative complications.

Full description

Outcome measures:

• Lean body mass
• Length of hospital stay
• Weight loss
• Postoperative complications
• Cost

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• RYGBP surgery planned
• Age over 18
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Previous bariatric surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Nutrition

Active Comparator group

Description:

Pre-operative Glucose load and post-operative immediate enteral nutrition

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Glucose load (Nutricia)

Other: Post operative early enteral feeding

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No pre-operative glucose load. No early post-operative nutrition