Adipose Secretory Function in Patients Before & After Laparoscopic Surgery

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The central hypothesis of our study is that metabolic and hemodynamic improvements following gastric bypass surgery are mediated by downregulation of inflammation-related adipokines produced by the intra-abdominal adipose tissue such as Visfatin.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00495599

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

107

Starts

2006-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with a BMI < 35undergoing laparoscopic surgery;
• Patients undergoing bariatric surgery with a BMI >35kg/m2; and
• Those patients who have had gastric by-pass that require additional surgical procedures are eligible for this research protocol.

You may not qualify if…

• Unwilling to consent.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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