Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-25 @ 4:25 AM
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2025-12-25 @ 4:25 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00285220
Brief Summary:
This two site study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic truncal vagotomy for the treatment of obesity with baseline study and 18 month post op follow up.
Detailed Description:
30 morbidly obese patients evenly enrolled at The University of California San Francisco and at the University of Rochester will be selected for study on a voluntary basis. They will have a BMI of \>35 with at least one obesity related comorbidity or a BMI between 40 and 45. Subjects will undergo specific tests of vagal function and baseline metabolic evaluation at baseline.
Thereafter they will undergo a laparoscopic truncal vagotomy. Over 18 months, post operative tests of adequate vagotomy, weight loss, change in body composition and metabolism will be studied.
Study:
NCT00285220
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00285220