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NCT06002906Active, not recruitingPhase 4

The Use of Indocyanine Green to Visualize Blood Flow to the Gastrojejunostomy During Bariatric Surgery.

The Use of Indocyanine Green to Visualize Blood Flow to the Gastrojejunostomy During Bariatric Surgery

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Oct 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is an interventional pilot study aimed to evaluate the use of NIF imaging as an intraoperative aid to assess the anastomotic blood flow to the gastric pouch and gastrojejunostomy during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and to determine its long-term impact on the rate of marginal ulceration, leaks and stricture.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300 (estimated)
First submitted
9 Aug 2023
Start date
25 Jan 2023
Primary completion date
3 Jul 2027
Lead sponsor
University Health Network, Toronto
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT06002906

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Planned participants: 300
  • From 25 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, 3 Jul 2027
  • 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

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

Prior treatment

  • Unwilling to take PPI medication Post operatively

Other illness

  • Bleeding diathesis or Coagulopathy

Lab values

  • Known allergy to indocyanine green or Sodium Iodide

Other

  • Not willing to participate in study
  • Contraindication to, or not planned to undergo RYGB
  • Is participant pregnant or planning to get pregnant in next two years
  • Ongoing substance abuse or active smoking

Who the study is looking for

  • Capacity to provide informed consent.
  • Over the Age of 18.
  • Eligible for bariatric surgery in Ontario and deemed an appropriate candidate for RYGB surgery by the bariatric program.
  • Commit to follow-up within the bariatric program, including behavioral and dietary modifications designed to aid in sustained weight-loss.
  • Treatment of marginal ulcer with the revisional surgery.

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
Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status

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