Nutritional Effect of an Amino Acid Mixture on Lean Body Mass (LBM) in Post-bariatric Surgery Patients

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Post-gastric Bypass

In brief

The Focus of this study is to look at the role of nutrition in maintaining lean body mass post-gastric bypass surgery. The purpose of this study is to test whether LBM is increased in those patients receiving a nutritional supplement of amino acids is enhanced when compared to control patients not receiving the supplement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00473356

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

30

Starts

2007-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-11-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Each person who has been judged to be an acceptable candidate for laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGB) will be asked to participate in this protocol when they are scheduled for the operation.

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18
• Pregnant females
• Weight greater than the limit of the DEXA table (Patients over 300 pounds)
• Known allergy to any component fo the amino acid supplement

Where it is running

• UAB Kirklin Clinic — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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