Evaluation of Cortisol and Bile Acids Metabolism in Obese Patients

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Bariatric surgery is currently the most efficient treatment for obesity. The sustained weight loss and metabolic improvement seen following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), is explained partly by modifications in hormones including bile acids (BA). After RYGB, an increased total BA pool and a reduction in hepatic cortisol exposure is observed. Hydroxysteroid 11-β dehydrogenase 1 (HSD11B1), steroid 5α-reductases (SRD5A), and steroid 5β-reductases, AKR1D1 (also a BA metabolizing enzyme), are three enzymes involved in the metabolism of cortisol in the liver and are known to participate in metabolic syndrome. Their activity has been shown to be decreased after RYGB. Interestingly, the mechanisms explaining the modification of hepatic cortisol exposure and the activity of theses enzymes after RYGB are unknown. In view of the few data suggesting a link between cortisol metabolism and bile acids, this work aim to study and characterize this link in a context of RYBP

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04844684

Run by

University Hospital, Lille

People needed

30

Starts

2023-03-30

Expected to finish

2026-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Non-menopausal women
• BMI between 35 and 50 kg/m² included
• Social insured
• Ability to give consent

You may not qualify if…

• moderate and severe kidney insufficiency
• hepatic insufficiency
• known gallbladder lithiasis
• history of cholecystectomy or cholecystectomy planned during the gastric bypass
• history of bariatric surgery except gastric band and gastric balloon
• history of type 1
• treatment interfering with the cortisol metabolism: taking oral or inhaled glucocorticoids within the last 6 months
• treatment by BA as ursodeoxycholic acid, bile acids sequester, statin, fibrate stopped less than 4 weeks ago

Where it is running

• Hôpital Huriez - Service d'endocrinologie, diabétologie, nutrition et métabolisme — Lille, France (enrolling)

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