NCT02902198Recruiting
Taste Physiology in Obese Volunteers Before and After Bariatric Surgery
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Apr 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objective is to investigate neuro-anatomical correlates of gastrointestinal taste stimulation by means of functional MRI before and after bariatric surgery. Intragastric administration of glucose, monosodium glutamate, chloroquine and placebo is followed by functional brain MRI in obese humans before and 3 months after surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 16 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 12 Sept 2016
- Start date
- Dec 2014
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT02902198
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 16
- From Dec 2014 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- cardiovascular disease
- neurologic/psychiatric disorders
Who the study is looking for
- morbidly obese patients (BMI min 35kg/m2) scheduled for bariatric surgery
- right handed
Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hopital Basel Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Basel | Switzerland | Recruiting |
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