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NCT04768127Active, not recruiting

Adipositas Care & Health Therapy

ACHT - Adipositas Care & Health Therapy Zur Strukturierten, sektorenübergreifenden Versorgung Nach Bariatrisch-metabolischer Operation

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Apr 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

ACHT - Adipositas Care and Health Therapy - is a structured, digitally-supported, cross-sectoral and close to home program developed for the postoperative care of patients following obesity surgery. The aim is to ensure the long-term success of therapy following bariatric surgery. ACHT was selected by the Federal Joint Commission for support under the Innovation Fund. The project started in July 2019 and will end in December 2022.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
586 (actual)
First submitted
16 Dec 2020
Start date
15 May 2020
Primary completion date
30 Nov 2022
Lead sponsor
Wuerzburg University Hospital
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT04768127

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 586
  • From 15 May 2020 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2022
  • 7 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Planned two-stage surgical procedure

Other

  • State after a revision operation

Who the study is looking for

  • relevant for all groups:
  • patients who have already approved to have their data entered into the National Registry of metabolic and bariatric diseases (StuDoQ, DGAV)
  • Sufficient knowledge of the German language to use the app, to communicate with the obesity case manager (obesity guide) and to fill out the questionnaires
  • signed consent form
    • group specific criteria:
    • Intervention group I ("early aftercare"):
  • Insured with the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK) Bayern
  • Consent to participate in the selective contract
  • The bariatric metabolic operation (sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass) was carried out 3 weeks (+/- 10 days) before the entrance examination
  • iOS or Android smartphone (operating system: iOS 11 or higher or Android 6 or higher) with internet access can be used for study
  • Sufficient mobility to get to the aftercare practice regularly and to complete an exercise program
    • Intervention Group II ("medium-term and late after care") recruited from control group I:
  • Insured with the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK) Bayern
  • Consent to participate in the selective contract
  • The bariatric-metabolic operation (sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass) was carried out 18 months (+/- 2 months) before time of recruitment
    • Control group I (compared to early intervention):
  • Insured with the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK) Bayern
  • The bariatric metabolic operation was carried out 18 months (+/- 2 months) before time of recruitment
  • Sufficient mobility (see intervention group, so that groups are comparable)
    • Control group II (compared to late intervention):
  • The bariatric metabolic operation was carried out 36 months (+/- 2 months) before the recruitment date
  • Sufficient mobility (see intervention group, so that groups are comparable)
  • The health insurance is irrelevant in this group

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (7)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
AMC WolfartKlinik, Zentrum für Adipositas- und Metabolische Chirurgie
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GräfelfingGermanyUnknown status
Adipositaszentrum Klinikum Memmingen
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MemmingenGermanyUnknown status
Chirurgische Klinik München-Bogenhausen GmbH
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MünchenGermanyUnknown status
Klinikum Nürberg
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NurembergGermanyUnknown status
Sana Klinikum Offenbach GmbH
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OffenbachGermanyUnknown status
Klinikum Passau
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PassauGermanyUnknown status
Wuerzburg University Hospital
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WürzburgGermanyUnknown status

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