Study of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) to Prevent Strictures After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Anastomotic Stricture, Morbid Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether suppressing acid production by administration of daily proton pump inhibitors in the early post-operative period will reduce the gastrojejunal anastomosis stricture rate in patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00361985

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

0

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any patient who satisfies the requirements of the Weill-Cornell Weight Loss Surgery program to undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery as treatment for morbid obesity.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with a history of ulcer disease, patients taking chronic acid suppression medicine, and patients taking NSAIDS.

Where it is running

• Weill Medical College of Cornell Unversity — New York, New York, United States

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