NCT00721227

Assessment of Gastric Volume Reduction in Surgical Weight Loss Candidates

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ethicon Endo-Surgery · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial will assess the feasibility of reduction gastroplasty with standard suture in bariatric patients who are candidates for surgical weight loss intervention.

Detailed description

The overall plan for all subjects consists of the following elements: * Subject will be informed about the nature of the research, given the Informed Consent Document (ICD) to read, and if the subject understands and agrees to the procedure will be asked to sign a written informed consent (the ICD). * Subjects will undergo reduction gastroplasty by gastric plication in which a section of the stomach will be infolded by multiple rows of sutures. * Subjects are followed for 12 months to evaluate outcomes and potential complications.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Reduction Gastroplasty	* Subjects will undergo reduction gastroplasty by gastric plication * Subjects are followed for 12 months to evaluate outcomes and potential complications.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2008-07-24
• Last updated: 2010-09-08
• Results posted: 2010-08-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States