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Obesity and type 2 diabetes are major causes of illness and premature death worldwide and their incidence is increasing rapidly. Bariatric surgery is considered as the "gold-standard" surgical treatment for both conditions.
However, not all patients do equally well after surgery and indeed the weight loss experienced by patients undergoing bariatric surgery can vary. As such when patients are seen after bariatric surgery in clinic they fall in one of the following two categories:
The so-called "poor responders" are exposed to all the risks of the operation and do not benefit from the weight loss as much as good responders.
This study would therefore like to investigate the physiological factors that distinguish poor from good responders before, and after bariatric surgery. The study team hypothesizes that compared to good responders, poor responders exhibit:
In addition, the study team hypothesizes that poor responders exhibit:
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220 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group
There are currently no registered sites for this trial.
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Kleopatra Alexiadou, PhD
Start date
Aug 01, 2018 • 6 years ago
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Apr 03, 2025
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Sep 01, 2027 • in 2 years
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