NCT01252511 - Determinants of Fat Malabsorption After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass | Biotech Hunter

Enrollment

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2011

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

January 14, 2017

Conditions

Severe Obesity

Interventions

PROCEDURE

RYGB for surgical treatment of severe obesity

Twenty severely obese patients who have been scheduled to receive long limb RYGB will be enrolled in the study. By randomization, 10 patients will have a biliopancreatic limb that includes 40 cm of jejunum and a Roux limb that contains 150 cm of jejunum. The other 10 patients will receive a biliopancreatic limb that contains 75 cm of jejunum and a Roux limb of 115 cm.

Trial Locations (1)

75246

Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas