Study Evaluating Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects Undergoing Gastric Bypass Bariatric Syndrome

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Morbid Obesity, Metabolic Disease

In brief

Metabolic syndrome is rapidly emerging as an epidemic of global proportions and its definition is still evolving. Patients with this syndrome are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and at increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome is strongly associated with obesity, and more specifically with abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity, comprises two main components: visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissue depots, with VAT reported as more metabolically active than SAT, and thought to play a major role in the metabolic disturbances associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is fast becoming the most common liver disease and is associated with obesity, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. Bariatric surgery has yielded dramatic results including longitudinal loss of excess body weight and either complete reversal or significant improvement of several features of metabolic syndrome, NAFLD, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in obese patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00283374

Run by

Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer

People needed

120

Starts

2005-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-05-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All subjects must be approved by both insurance and site standard of care to undergo the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure
• Male and Female Candidates for Roux-en-Y Bariatric Surgery
• Must be diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome; having abdominal obesity and at least 2 other features of the syndrome per IDF (International Diabetes Foundation)
• Obese control group:Subjects should be obese and should not have any other features of metabolic syndrome.

You may not qualify if…

• Any subjects with prior bariatric surgery
• No other major surgery within the last 6 months
• Diabetes on treatment with hypoglycemic medication in the previous 6 months
• Other exclusions apply

Where it is running

• Study site — Irvine, California, United States
• Study site — Orange, California, United States
• Study site — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Study site — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Study site — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Study site — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Study site — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Study site — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Study site — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Study site — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Study site — Aosta, Italy
• Study site — Pisa, Italy
• Study site — Roma, Italy
• Study site — Gothenburg, Sweden
• Study site — Stockholm, Sweden
• Study site — Stockholm, Sweden
• Study site — Stockholm, Sweden

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