NCT04431232Recruiting
Endo-Band: Endoscopic Band Ligation for Weight Loss
Endoscopic Band Ligation for Weight Loss
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to use endoscopic band ligation for weight loss. All ligatures will be performed in the gastric body starting at the distal body; 5 parallel rows, with the last one in the proximal body.The entire procedure can be completed in 30 min. Oxygen is used for endoscopic air insufflation.Endoscopy is performed using propofol for sedation.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 5 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 May 2020
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2020
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2029
- Lead sponsor
- El Katib Hospital
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04431232
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 5
- From 1 Feb 2020 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2029
- 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
- Any gastric bleeding lesions
Other
- Any contraindication for endoscopy
- Uncontrolled use of anticoagulants or NSAID's
Who the study is looking for
- BMI \> 27
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Katib Hospital (Celopatra Group) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Giza | Egypt | Recruiting |
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