NCT04851470Recruiting
Periodontal Assessment of a Bariatric Care Population
Periodontal Assessment of a Bariatric Care Population, Clinical, Genetic and Microbiological Characteristics. A Cross-sectional Study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Our primary aim is to investigate the prevalence and severity of Periodonotal Disease (PD) in a population of obese patients. Our secondary objectives are to: Investigate inflammatory biomarkers that have been associated with PD in the saliva of obese patients. Investigate the association of FTO gene (Obesity) polymorphisms with the prevalence of PD in this population. Investigate and describe the subgingival microbial flora in obese patients with PD from subgingival dental plaque samples as well as the salivary samples.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 394 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 Mar 2021
- Start date
- 31 Jan 2014
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT04851470
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 394
- From 31 Jan 2014 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 4 sites 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
- Subject is currently involved in other research involving the use of antibiotics or novel or unknown medications.
- Subject is on chronic treatment (i.e., two weeks or more) with specific medications known to affect periodontal status (phenytoin or cyclosporine) within one month of baseline visit.
- Subjects on chronic antibiotic therapy (ie two weeks or more in the previous month).
Other illness
- Subject knowingly has HIV or Viral Hepatitis.
- Subject with uncontrolled systemic illnesses.
Other
- Subjects meeting any of the following exclusion criteria are not to be enrolled in the study:
- Self-reported pregnancy.
- Patients are completely edentulous.
- Subject is not capable to give informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- Each subject must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be enrolled in the study:
- Subject must be over 18 years of age.
- Subject must have a BMI of higher or equal to 30 kg/ m2
- Subject must have voluntarily given written informed consent.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barts Health NHS Trust Dental Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Centre for Oral Clinical Research (COCR) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Luton | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
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