NCT06853652Recruiting
Protein Requirements After Bariatric Surgery
Maintenance-phase PROtein Requirements After RouX-en-Y-gastric Bypass Surgery
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Mar 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study investigates protein requirements at least 1 year after gastric bypass surgery in adult males, to investigate whether protein requirements are elevated compared to protein requiremens for the general populaiotn. The main study outcome is the estimated average protein requirements for the study populaiton.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Feb 2025
- Start date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06853652
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 20
- From 17 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 25 Jun 2026
- 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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Prior treatment
- Weight loss after bariatric surgery of less than 40% of excess weight,
- Weight regain after bariatric surgery greater than 20% of nadir weight,
Other illness
- Current diagnosis of cancer or active cancer in the preceding 1 year,
- Any chronic or acute disease which is known to affect amino acid absorption, metabolism, or requirements,
Lab values
- Diabetes mellitus defined as a fasting plasma glucose concentration ≥ 7.0 mmol, or HbA1c less than 6.5%, or medical treatment for diabetes.
Who the study is looking for
- Male aged 18 - 65 years,
- Primary RYGB surgery one to ten years before,
- Weight stable within 5% over the last 3 months,
- Normotensive or blood pressure controlled with antihypertensive therapy,
- Provision of informed consent to participate,
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leuven | Belgium | Recruiting |
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