Very Low Calorie Liquid Diet for Pre op Patients

Silvia Leite Faria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Morbid Obesity; Steatosis

Treatments: Other: A very low calorie diet of two different consistencies

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01748682

001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite the relative consensus on the benefits of pre-surgical weight loss, i.e., the reduction of comorbidities associated with surgical act, such as decreased visceral fat, liver volume, hemorrhage perioperative and surgical time, the characteristics of the diet to be employed in this period need to be defined more clearly. As there is no description of comparative studies on diet of normal consistency, using solids and liquids, there are doubts as to the real need for consistency liquid diet in preoperative bariatric surgery. The lack of robust evidence has made nutrition professionals adopt different procedures. There is still a belief that these patients are unable to lose weight in the preoperative period, the ongoing history of previous attempts without success.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be clinically severe obese; To be in preoperative phase of bariatric surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy and minors under 18 and adults over 60 years of age.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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104 participants in 2 patient groups

Liquid Diet Group

Experimental group

Description:

The group followed a very low calorie liquid diet for two weeks

Treatment:

Other: A very low calorie diet of two different consistencies

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group followed a very low calorie diet of normal consistency for two weeks.

Treatment:

Other: A very low calorie diet of two different consistencies