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BASUN - Risks for Malnutrition, Metabolic Bone Disease and Impaired Oral Health After Obesity Treatment

Recruiting
Conditions
Obesity, Morbid
Registration Number
NCT03152617
Lead Sponsor
Göteborg University
Brief Summary

Weight-reducing obesity surgery (OS) generally gives good results but complications are common; e.g. impaired weight loss, weight regain, bowel pain, diarrhea, vitamin/mineral deficiency, osteoporosis and impaired dental health. The BASUN study is a prospective 10-year comparison of 1000 surgically and 400 conventionally treated individuals regarding adverse side-effects, risk factors for complications and poor outcome.

Detailed Description

The use of obesity surgery (OS) has increased dramatically due to the lack of effective conventional weight reducing methods. OS generally gives a sustained weight reduction and improves metabolic co-morbidities but complications are not uncommon, e.g. weight regain, bowel pain, diarrhea, vitamin/mineral deficiency, osteoporosis and impaired dental health. Studies of OS regarding adverse side-effects, risk factors for complications and poor outcomes are few or missing.

The BASUN study is a prospective 10-year comparison of 1000 surgically and 400 conventionally treated individuals. Inclusion started in April 2015 and will be completed in 2017. Subjects are consecutively included from the whole western region of Sweden and are followed by detailed checkups at 2, 5 and 10 years. Protocol includes nutritional and bone status, oral health, psychiatric health, GI symptoms, socioeconomics and health economy. Data are collected by interviews, blood and fecal samples, questionnaires, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, dentist examinations, patients' record and registries. The study is carried out in close cooperation with experts in surgery, medicine, psychiatry, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, molecular biology, osteoporosis, oral medicine, physiology and general medicine.

The BASUN study will be able to form the basis for more individualized medical guidelines with the objective of improving therapeutic quality and the utilization of health care resources.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1400
Inclusion Criteria
  • All patients eligible for obesity treatment under specialist care with medical methods or with surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • no ability to speak, read or write in Swedish

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Ionized Calcium in serum10 years

Difference between pre- and posttreatment level; unit: mM

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Body Weight From Baseline2, 5 & 10 years

kg

Bone mineral density (T-score)10 years

T-score is bone mineral density (BMD)in relation to young healthy adults of the same sex; unit: number of standard deviations below or above BMD of controls

Serum Insulin Concentration2, 5 & 10 years

Fasting value; unit: mIE/L

Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c)2, 5 & 10 years

Unit: mmol/mol

Plasma Glucose Concentration2, 5 & 10 years

Fasting value; unit: mM

Change in Body Mass Index (BMI)2, 5 & 10 years

kg x m2

Bone mineral density (BMD)10 years

DXA based assessment; units: areal density (g/cm2)

Bone mineral density (Z-score)10 years

Z-score is bone mineral density (BMD) in relation adults of the same age; unit: number of standard deviations below or above BMD of controls of the same age

Arterial blood pressure2, 5 & 10 years

arterial systolic and diastolic pressure at rest; mmHg

Quality of Life2, 5 & 10 years

36-item Short Form Survey(RAND36); Reported value: reported value: number of (or percentage) patients reporting physical and mental health summary scores indicating moderately to severely reduced quality of life as compared to a general reference population.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Gastrosurgical R & E, the Sahlgrenska Academy,University of Gothenburg

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Göteborg, Sweden

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