Fact CheckerSign in

NCT06963437Completed

Interventions for Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery

Comparison of Revisional Surgery, Ketogenic Diet, and Intermittent Fasting in Bariatric Surgery Patients With Weight Regain: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Aug 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Study Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of revisional bariatric surgery (RBS), very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD), and intermittent fasting (IF) on nutritional habits and clinical outcomes (anthropometric and biochemical measurements) in patients with insufficient weight loss (IWL) or weight regain (WR) after bariatric surgery, and to compare these findings with those of a control group.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
43 (actual)
First submitted
18 Apr 2025
Start date
12 May 2025
Primary completion date
10 Jul 2025
Lead sponsor
Medipol University
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT06963437

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 43
  • From 12 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 10 Jul 2025
  • 2 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

  • Patients currently receiving corticosteroid therapy.

Other illness

  • Patients with acute illnesses, infections, or comorbidities that may affect treatment efficacy or safety (e.g., cancer, type 1 diabetes, renal or hepatic failure, recent stroke or myocardial infarction, nephrolithiasis, substance or alcohol abuse, eating disorders, severe depression or other psychiatric disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, neoplasms, arrhythmic heart diseases, heart failure, respiratory failure).

Other

  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Professional athletes.

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients aged between 18 and 45 years who have undergone bariatric surgery (BS).
  • Experiencing inadequate weight loss (IWL) within 18 months after surgery or weight regain (WR) following successful weight loss.
  • Definitions used in the study:
    • IWL is defined as \<50% excess weight loss (EWL) 18 months postoperatively. WR is defined as \>25% regain of the lost weight (from the lowest achieved weight).
    • \-

Age in the registry: 18 years to 45 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Özel Nev FSM Hastanesi
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
BursaTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Özel Nev FSM Hastanesi
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
NiluferTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.