NCT02872493Completed
Small Bowel Length and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Observational Study of the Effect of Small Intestine Length on Bariatric Surgical Patient Outcomes
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the total length of small intestine effects outcomes after bariatric surgery in a cohort of patients preoperatively and up to ten years postoperatively. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and vertical sleeve gastrectomy will be the surgical groups in this study. We aim to determine if bowel length has a significant effect on long term weight loss or other nutritional deficiencies in this bariatric cohort.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 470 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Aug 2016
- Start date
- Aug 2016
- Primary completion date
- Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT02872493
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 470
- From Aug 2016 to the primary completion date, Mar 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior small intestine resection.
Other
- Inability to safely obtain total small intestinal length measurements in the operating room.
- Any small bowel tethering due to intestinal adhesions identified in the operating room.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery, either vertical sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- Able to give informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
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