Determinants of Fat Malabsorption After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Severe Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the length of the biliopancreatic limb of the Roux-en-Y anastamosis plays a critical role in the development of malabsorption after gastric bypass for treatment of severe obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01252511

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

20

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-01-14

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with severe obesity (BMI equal to or greater than 50) who have been scheduled to receive Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

You may not qualify if…

• Previous abdominal surgery, chronic diarrhea, and severe constipation.

Where it is running

• Baylor University Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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