NCT06076187Completed
Protein Digestion After Bariatric Surgery in Older Adults
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate protein digestibility after bariatric surgery. Does protein digestibility decrease after Roux-en-Y-Gastric Bypass? Does protein digestibility decrease after Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery? Does protein digestibility effect the ability to meet protein requirements?
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 66 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Apr 2023
- Start date
- 15 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- 1 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06076187
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 66
- From 15 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Apr 2026
- 2 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
- Gastrointestinal conditions including coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, previous resection of the small intestine, gastroparesis
Other illness
- Current diagnosis of cancer
- Advanced organ failure, including chronic kidney disease Stage 5, liver cirrhosis Stage 3, intestinal failure, heart failure stage D, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stage 4.
- Neuromuscular degenerative conditions
- Unable to follow the procedures of the studies due to cognitive impairment such as diagnosed dementia.
- Allergy/intolerance to milk, or soy or spirulina
Other
- Immobility
Who the study is looking for
- Signed informed consent
- Group 1,2,3: Age 65 years or older
- Group 4,5,6: Age 18 to 65 years
- Group 1,2,4,5: Previous bariatric surgery for obesity 1 - 10 years ago
- Group 3,6: No previous weight loss surgery
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leuven | Belgium | Unknown status |
| UZLeuven Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leuven | Belgium | Unknown status |
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