Weight Loss in Adults With Obesity Using a Combination of Low Energy Diet, Group Treatment and Intragastric Balloon
Obesity, Weight Loss, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity focused on measuring Obesity, Weight loss, Low energy diet, Intragastric balloon, Group treatment, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Quality of life, Body weight, Glucose metabolism, Eating behavior, Microbiomics, Physical activity, Gastrointestinal symptoms, Psychological parameters
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- BMI ≥ 30 and ≤45 kg/m^2
- Age 30 to 65 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation in an organized weight reduction programme or pharmacological treatment for weight loss within the last 3 months
- Daily use of meal replacement products within the last 3 months
- Previous gastric surgery
- Current gastric, duodenal or oesophageal ulcers
- Inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract including oesophagitis, or specific inflammation such as Crohn's disease
- Known potential upper gastrointestinal bleeding conditions such as gastric or oesophageal varices
- Known structural abnormalities of the pharynx or oesophagus
- Symptoms suggestive for severe gastric motility disorder
- Known hiatus hernia ≥ 5 cm
- Cancer diagnosed within the last 5 years or ongoing treatment for cancer (except non-metastasising skin cancer)
- Known severe heart failure (NYHA 3-4)
- Known chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (FEV1 ≤ 50 percent)
- Kidney failure (eGFR ≤ 30 ml/min)
- Liver failure (liver enzymes more than 3 times the normal threshold)
- Known proliferative retinopathy
- Known or suspected abuse of alcohol or narcotics
- Current or history of systemic treatment with corticosteroids within the last 3 months
- Known myocardial infarction or stroke within the last 6 months
- Current or history of pancreatitis
- Pregnancy, intention to become pregnant or breastfeeding during the study
- Untreated or insufficient treated hypo- or hyperthyroidism
- Current use of anticoagulants: warfarin, apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban and rivaroxaban
- Current use of thrombocyte aggregation inhibitors: clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic acid
- Known or previous eating disorder
- Antimicrobial treatment within 3 months prior to study may lead to postponed participation
- Regular consumption of probiotic capsules within 1 month prior to study start may lead to postponed participation
- Participants considered to be unsuitable for the study by the investigator (e.g. serious psychiatric disorders, suspected eating disorders)
Sites / Locations
- Medicinmottagning 5/Överviktsenheten, University Hospital ÖrebroRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Control group
IGB group
All participants in the control group are treated with LED and CBT-based group treatment as described below. All participants (control and intervention) receive 2.5-hour sessions of CBT-based group treatment every 4 weeks for 1 year. Participants are randomly assigned to groups of 8-16 participants. Two groups of about the same size start simultaneously. The LED phase (from baseline to 24 weeks) consists of 12 weeks with 4 portions/day of liquid meal replacements, for a total of 800-880 kcal/day, followed by a 12-week slow phasing out to a regular diet. Thereafter, an energy-reduced diet (1400-1600 kcal/day) is recommended.
All participants in the IGB group are treated with LED and CBT-based group treatment as described for the control group. Participants in the intervention group are treated with an IGB for 6 months from 6 months from start.