Safety and Efficacy of Laparoscopic Truncal Vagotomy for the Treatment of Obesity

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Morbid Obesity

In brief

This two site study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic truncal vagotomy for the treatment of obesity with baseline study and 18 month post op follow up.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00285220

Run by

University of Rochester

People needed

30

Starts

2005-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-02-19

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• male or female age 25-55
• BMI 35-40 with comorbidity and BMI 40-45 with or without comorbidity
• Stable weight for the last 3 months
• willing to use contraceptives
• motivated to lose weight
• a personal history of at least one professionally supervised 6 month attempt or more than 2 serious attempts to loose weight
• fully ambulatory

You may not qualify if…

• sign of prior major abdominal surgery
• history of or signs and /or symptoms of gastro-duodenal ulcer disease
• abnormal vagus nerve testing
• current use of a list of medication

Where it is running

• University of California at San Francisco, Dept of Pediatrics — San Francisco, California, United States
• Strong Health Bariatric Center at Highland Hospital — Rochester, New York, United States

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