Improving Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery
Completed
Conditions studied: Obesity, Diabetes
In brief
The goal of this project is to examine the physical mechanisms that contribute to improvements of glucose tolerance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) following certain types of bariatric surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00676923
- Run by
- University of Pittsburgh
- People needed
- 63
- Starts
- 2008-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-11-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients who are at least 18 years of age and undergo bariatric surgery by a LABS certified surgeon.
- Enrollment in LABS-1 or LABS-2.
- Documented type 2 diabetes (fasting plasma glucose greater than 125 mg/dl) that is treated with lifestyle efforts (drug naïve) or taking acceptable oral medications (see appendix) with a HgA1c less than or equal to 8.5% and a fasting blood glucose less than or equal to 180 mg/dL. This will be one group.
- Non-diabetic (ND) with normal values for fasting glucose and HbA1c. This will be the second group.
- Adequate IV access.
You may not qualify if…
- Informed consent not obtained.
- Patient with diabetes with an HbA1c greater than 8.5% or a fasting blood glucose greater than 180 mg/dL.
- Creatinine greater than 1.7.
- Unlikely to comply with the 6 month follow-up (post-surgical) protocol (i.e. geographically inaccessible for study visits) or unable to communicate with local study staff.
- Use of unacceptable diabetic medications (see appendix) at baseline (see appendix).
Where it is running
- Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital — Portland, Oregon, United States
- Oregon Health and Science University — Portland, Oregon, United States
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States
- Virginia Mason Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
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