Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00512512
Transoral Endoscopic Liver Biopsy During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 4 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This research is being done to evaluate the ability to obtain a liver sample using upper endoscopy rather than through a laparoscopic procedure. The investigators hypothesize that the endoscopic transoral route is as effective as the laparoscopic route.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Transoral Endoscopic Liver Biopsy | Liver will be biopsied with transoral endoscope instead of the laparoscopic instruments during laparoscopic gastric bypass |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-01-01
- Completion
- 2009-06-01
- First posted
- 2007-08-07
- Last updated
- 2010-07-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00512512. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.