Strength Training Following Gastric Bypass for Obesity

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00065013

R03DK061519 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

STGASB (completed)

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will assess whether undesirable loss of lean tissue following gastric bypass surgery for obesity can be minimized by protein supplementation and exercise training.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 52 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• clinically severe obesity
• candidate for bypass surgery
• new york city local address
• willing to visit hospital weekly

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)