Outcomes of the Adjustable Gastric Band in a Publicly Funded Obesity Program

The majority of data documenting the outcomes for the adjustable gastric band (LAGB) originate from non-publicly funded surgical centres. The investigators aim to investigate the clinical outcomes of LAGB from a publicly funded Canadian obesity management program. This program recognized obesity as a chronic disease, providing extensive pre-operative multidisciplinary assessment and long term patient follow-up. Patients are selected for surgical management carefully by a multidisciplinary team and the LAGB is presented as one option to surgical management. Further, the investigators will investigate the operational impacts, including direct and indirect costs related the LAGB, to determine long term impacts on publicly funded hospitals within Canada.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Morbid Obesity

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 178

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Alberta
    • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5H 3V9
      • Center for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery & Weight Wise Program

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients seen within the Weight Wise program and selected for surgical management, who have undergone LAGB will be included in this analysis.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients seen within the Weight Wise program and selected for surgical management, who have undergone LAGB will be included in this analysis.

Exclusion criteria:

• Patients who have undergone selection for surgery outside this process, or who have had surgery elsewhere.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
LAGB patients in Weight Wise Program; All patients seen within the Weight Wise program and selected for surgical management, who have undergone LAGB will be included in this analysis.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mean Percentage Total Body Weight Loss	the percent total body weight loss between Baseline and 1 year the percent total body weight loss between Baseline and 2 years the percent total body weight loss between Baseline and 3 years	baseline to 1 year, baseline to 2 years, baseline to 3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
% of Excess Body Weight Loss	the percent of excess body weight loss between Baseline and 1 year the percent of excess body weight loss between Baseline and 2 years the percent of excess body weight loss between Baseline and 3 years	baseline to 1 year, baseline to 2 years, baseline to 3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Alberta
• Collaborators: Alberta Health services

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 21, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 22, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): June 23, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 11, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 9, 2017
• Last Verified: August 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity; Obesity, Morbid
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro00014271

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO