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Last refreshed on: 19 April 2022
Main ID:  NCT03168009
Date of registration: 23/05/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Medical University of Vienna
Public title: Brown Fat Activity and Bariatric Surgery
Scientific title: The Role of Alternatively Activated Brown Fat in Bariatric Surgery-mediated Metabolic Improvements
Date of first enrolment: May 24, 2017
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03168009
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Austria
Contacts
Name:     Florian Kiefer, MD,PHD
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Affiliation:  Medical University of Vienna
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 20 - 50 years

- Body mass index (BMI) 35 - 55kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

- Endocrine disease (except hyperlipidemia and substituted hypothyroidism or type 2
diabetes with fasting glucose concentrations <120mg/dl), kidney disease, inflammatory
bowel disease, autoimmune or rheumatologic diseases that require immunosuppressive
treatment, active oncologic disease, heart failure.

- Medication for any of the above mentioned conditions.

- Antibiotic treatment in the past three months

- Pregnancy



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Bariatric Surgery
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in BAT activity after bariatric surgery [Time Frame: 4 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Bariatric surgery-induced changes in gut microbiota, bile acid composition and other circulating factors [Time Frame: 4 years]
Association between changes in BAT activity, transcriptional BAT markers and alterations in the gut microbiota profile or bile acid composition [Time Frame: 4 years]
Secondary ID(s)
1071/2017
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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