NCT07011628Recruiting
Transition to Ambulatory Bariatric Surgery (TABS) Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will compare same day discharge and at least one night stay in the hospital after bariatric surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery will be randomized (i.e. have an equal chance of either plan) to either group. The study's primary outcome is the frequency patients in the study require a visit to the emergency room within 7 days of their surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Jun 2025
- Start date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Oct 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07011628
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 200
- From 1 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Oct 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
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Prior treatment
- Prior Stroke
- Solid organ transplantation
- Systemic glucocorticoid prior 28 days
- \> 1 lifetime bariatric surgery (revisional or conversion bariatric surgery)
Other illness
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Myocardial Infarction
- Unstable Angina or Heart Failure
- Uncontrolled Hypertension (Systolic \> 150, Diastolic \> 90)
Lab values
- Chronic Kidney Disease (EGFR \< 60)
- Poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes (Hemoglobin A1c in last 3 months \> 8.5%)
Other
- Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Untreated Hyperthyroidism
- Current anticoagulant use,
- Chronic opioid use
- Insulin dependence.
- Need for extended venous thromboembolic event prophylaxis,
- Patient lives \> 130 miles from the hospital.
- Tobacco use in last 12 months
- Desire to become pregnant or active pregnancy
- Prisoners
- Unable or unwilling to follow-up
- Unable to understand or provide consent
Who the study is looking for
- BMI ≤ 60 kg/m2
- Primary Sleeve gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass,
- Undergoing bariatric surgery at sponsor site
Age in the registry: 25 years to 55 years · Sex: All · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
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