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Clinical Trials/NCT02497274
NCT02497274CompletedNot Applicable

Obesity and Lipids: a Matter of Taste? Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Taste Receptors

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France1 site in 1 country20 target enrollmentStarted: January 11, 2016Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
20
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Expression of lipid receptors

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of the protocol is to determine the impact of bariatric surgery on taste receptors and taste perceptions and to precise the factors implicated in taste alterations in 50 obese patients before and 6 months after bariatric surgery (25 Roux Y gastric bypass and 25 sleeve gastrectomy).

Detailed Description

Over-consumption high sugar and high fat foods was identified as a main risk factor for obesity. The recent identification of lipid-receptor (CD36, GPR120) in human taste buds suggests that lipids could be perceived not only by their texture and their olfactory characteristics, but also by way of taste. Obese subjects tend to consume more high fat foods than lean subjects. Conversely, bariatric surgery induces behavioral changes limiting the consumption of foods high in sugar and fat. The mechanisms underlying these behavioral changes are not understood. Does obesity is accompanied by a distortion of taste detection of dietary lipids? What are the mechanisms involved? Are they reversible? What could be the effect on food choices and health? This protocol is part of a broader research program that aims to answer these questions by studying the feeding behavior in obese subjects and animals before and after a bariatric surgery.

The purpose of the protocol is to determine the impact of bariatric surgery on the expression of taste receptors and taste perceptions and in particular the threshold of perception of fat (and sweet as taste as reference) and to study the association between the changes of taste perceptions and food preferences, amount of weight loss, surgical technique (with or without intestinal bypass), hormonal, metabolic and inflammatory changes, and modification of the oral microbiota. The study will included 50 patients who underwent bariatric surgery, either Roux Y gastric bypass (25 patients) or sleeve gastrectomy (25 patients) that will be explored in the two months before and six months after surgery. These explorations will included a clinical examination with collection of anthropometric data, a body fat determination by impedance, a detailed dietary survey, blood samples for assessment of hormonal parameters (GLP1 , PYY, ghrelin, insulin, leptin) and inflammatory parameters (LPS, TNFalpha, IL-1, IL-6, ...), a tong micro-biopsy to collect taste buds and a sample of oral microbiota and lipids and sugars thresholds determination (linoleic acid or sucrose).

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Basic Science
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
Sex
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Affiliation to a health insurance
  • Patients candidates for bariatric surgery based on criteria established by international experts (BMI> 40 or> 35 kg / m² with severe comorbidities, after failure of multidisciplinary care for a period of at least 1 year)
  • Written consent after oral and written informations

Exclusion Criteria

  • Topic guardianship, curatorship or safeguard justice.
  • Taking a treatment known to alter the perception of taste
  • Oral Decay can affect the perception of taste
  • Treatment that may interfere with intestinal peptides or lipids receptors (especially DDP4 inhibitors, anti-inflammatory medications, intestinal lipase inhibitors: Xenical)
  • Tobacco use, alcohol or drugs abuse
  • Known coagulopathy, abnormal hemostasis tests or abnormal platelets count, treatment interfering with coagulation or platelet aggregation
  • Contraindication to bariatric surgery
  • Malignant pathology, severe liver disease or severe inflammatory disease, malabsorption.
  • Pregnancy
  • Positive serology for VIH, VBH and CVH

Arms & Interventions

Roux Y gastric bypass

Experimental

candidates for bariatric surgery by Roux Y gastric bypass with taste assessment and epithelium gustatory smear and biopsy

Intervention: taste assessment and epithelium gustatory smear and biopsy (Other)

Sleeve gastrectomy

Experimental

candidates for bariatric surgery by sleeve gastrectomy with taste assessment and epithelium gustatory smear and biopsy

Intervention: taste assessment and epithelium gustatory smear and biopsy (Other)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Expression of lipid receptors

Time Frame: before and 6 months after bariatric surgery

To compare the expression of lipid receptors expressed in the taste buds before and after a significant weight loss induced by bariatric surgery

Secondary Outcomes

  • Lipids thresholds(before and 6 months after bariatric surgery)

Investigators

Sponsor
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Sponsor Class
Other Gov
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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