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NCT03535142Recruiting

Prognostic Significance of Fatty Liver Disease in Bariatric Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Mar 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Prospective non-randomized intervention case control study on patients with a BMI \> 35. The intervention group/cases (n=600) is comprised of bariatric patients who undergo bariatric surgery and the control group (n=600) of age, weight and comorbidity matched patients who choose not to undergo bariatric surgery. The overall aim is to examine prevalence of the spectrum of fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in these patients and the prognostic significance of NAFLD.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1200 (estimated)
First submitted
1 May 2018
Start date
15 Aug 2018
Primary completion date
1 Jun 2035
Lead sponsor
Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark
NCT number
NCT03535142

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 1200
  • From 15 Aug 2018 to the primary completion date, 1 Jun 2035
  • 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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Other illness

  • Active viral hepatitis

Other

  • Not willing or able to consent
  • Contraindications to liver biopsy

Who the study is looking for

  • Age \> 18 years
  • BMI \>35 kg/m2 and referred for bariatric surgery at Hospital of South West Jutland, Denmark
  • Able to give written informed consent.
  • Age \> 18 years
  • BMI \>35 kg/m2 with no wish to undergo bariatric surgery.
  • Able to give written informed consent.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital of Southwest Jutland
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EsbjergDenmarkRecruiting

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