Active clinical trials for "Obesity, Morbid"

The rate of obesity and bariatric surgery is rising steadily. Though Bariatric Surgery Influences on aspects such as endocrin analysis, finance, etc are well tested, quantitative and quality voice impacts have not been evaluated. The aim of the study is to recruit 50 patients who underwent bariatric surgery and compare voice quality in each of these patients before and after surgery.

This is a prospective, observational, case series registry which will collect information pertaining to experiences and health economics in individuals implanted with vBloc Therapy who are conjunctively using a weight management program. Subjects will be followed for 12 months after implant.

The correlation between metabolic syndrome and carotid artery stenosis is well established. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between morbid obesity and carotid artery stenosis.

Although morbidly obese subjects have larger than regular caloric intake, there is evidence that they suffer from nutritional deficiencies at a higher rate than the general population, probably because they eat mostly "unhealthy food."

Bariatric surgery is well established method of treating patients with obesity. Obesity is well-documented risk factor for many health conditions including some cancer, cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases and type-2 diabetes. Bariatric surgery is associated with improved comorbidities, quality of life and survival in severe obesity. However, the rate of conversion or revisional bariatric surgeries is increasing nowadays. Recent date estimate the rate of revisional procedures between 8-25% of all bariatric surgeries performed worldwide. Weight recidivism or fail to achieve a significant weight loss (estimated 10-20% of operated patients) remains a challenge for surgeons and patients. This has economic and health implications, leading to reduction in quality of life and increased prevalence of obesity-related comorbid conditions. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identified patients with failure after primary bariatric procedure in population of Poland.

Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy is a modified and simplified duodenal switch. It is performed on morbid obese patients and severe T2DM patients with obesity, and a proper weight loss is expected as well as a decrease in the cardiac risk and a remission of T2DM. A lower complication rate than for duodenal switch is expected.

It is an observational trial on 500 subjects. The purpose of this trial is to assess the prevalence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in subjects with different classes of obesity.

The very low carbohydrates diet (VLCKD) induces liver steatosis amelioration. Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) deficiency plays a role in fats accumulation in liver. To date, no studies have assessed LAL activity in morbid obesity. The aim of our study is to evaluate VLCKD impact on metabolic/vascular parameters and LAL activity in obese patients. A VLCKD is administered for 25 days to 52 morbid obese patients (BMI 44.7±8.3 kg/m², age 49±12.5 years); at baseline and after diet we evaluated: BMI, glyco-lipidic pattern, abdominal ultrasonography (liver steatosis and visceral fat area) and flow-mediated dilation (FMD). In a subgroup of 20 patients we also tested lysosomal acid lipase (LAL)-activity. A group of healthy normal weight subjects (age 43±13, BMI 22.8±2.6 kg/m²) was also included in the study.

The purpose of this study is to determine the change in kidney function and blood pressure after gastric bypass versus conventional medical therapy in morbid obesity. The study mainly focus on glomerular filtration rate(GFR) with known relation to the renal function and 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring after intervention of gastric bypass or medical treatment.

The endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty allows stomach size reduction through an endoluminal suture approach without any incision. It could reduce the complications associated with current surgical techniques while obtaining the target gastric restriction, weight loss, comorbidities and quality of life improvement. The primary objective of this study is to assess weight loss after endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in patients with morbid obesity.