NCT03607305

Impact of Biliopancreatic Limb Lenght on Long-term Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Impact of Biliopancreatic Limb Lenght on Long-term Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 506 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital General Universitario Elche · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: those patients undergoing RYGB with a BPL of 70cm and those ones undergoing RYGB with a BPL of 120 cm. Excess BMI loss 5 years after surgery was investigated

Detailed description

Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: those patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a biliopancreatic limb of 70cm and those ones undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with a biliopancreatic limb of 120 cm. Alimentary limb was constant in both groups (150cm). Excess BMI loss 5 years after surgery was investigated

Conditions

• Weight Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	BP limb 70cm	Performance of RYGB with a BP limb of 70cm
PROCEDURE	BP limb 120cm	Performance of RYGB with a BP limb of 120cm

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2018-07-31
• Last updated: 2018-07-31