Effect of Gastric Bypass on Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and/or Dyslipidemia

Completed

Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

This is a retrospective review of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery at VUMC and who have type 2 Diabetes and/or dyslipidemia. The investigators have previously found that gastric bypass significantly improves diabetes 6-12 months after surgery. The investigators are interested in looking at the longer term results after surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00879125

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

219

Starts

1999-11-01

Expected to finish

2007-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-09-14

Who can join

Age: 17 and older, up to 66. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients who have had diabetes and/or dyslipidemia prior to gastric by-pass. -
• Exclusion Criteria:Patients who have had type 2 diabetes that was diet controlled at time of surgery; and debilitated patients who are unable to come in for a physical exam.

Where it is running

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

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