Preventive Therapy With Ursodiol to Reduce the Incidence of Gallstones Formation in Patients After Bariatric Surgery

May 13, 2018 updated by: Nasser Sakran, HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
Risk factor of cholelithiasis is rapid weight loss after bariatric surgery and change in the gallbladder function which is secondary to surgery. Many observational studies support this fact, and a high incidence of 28% -71% after gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) was reported in them. According to another publication, the incidence of gallbladder diseases is 5-36% after jejunoileal bypass surgery and 2.8-36% after gastric bypass surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Study format: Prospective, randomized, blinded study. 266 candidates for sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass surgery due to morbid obesity with BMI range of 40-50 and aged 18-65 will be studied.

The patients will be randomly divided into two groups (according to the last digit of the identity card number):

  1. Treatment group will receive preventive therapy with Ursodiol 600 mg per day as of day 10 after the surgery (at the first routine visit after the surgery) and for six months or until the formation of gallstones.
  2. Placebo group will receive placebo as of day 10 after the surgery (at the first routine visit after the surgery) and for six months or until the formation of gallstones.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

266

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Israel
      • Afula, Israel
        • Recruiting
        • surgery department A
        • Contact:
          • Nasser Sakran, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Candidates for sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass surgery due to morbid obesity with BMI range of 40 to50.
  • Aged 18 to 65.
  • No presence of gallstones.
  • Patients who have signed the consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Minors,
  • Pregnant women,
  • Age over 65,
  • Sensitive to Ursodiol,
  • Gallstones,
  • Biliary tract pathologies,
  • Gallbladder wall thickening,
  • Patients after cholecystectomy,
  • Patients participating in another clinical trial.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: URSODIOL - URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID
300 mg twice a day
Drug: URSODIOL
preventive treatment with Ursolit to reduce the incidence of gallstones formation after bariatric surgery
Other Names:
  • URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID
Placebo Comparator: placebo
placebo twice a day
Drug: Placebo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of gallstones formation after bariatric surgery
Time Frame: six month

- Six months after the surgery the subjects will be invited to re-evaluation of the presence of gallstones using:

  1. Clinical interview: Did he experience epigastric pain? Was he hospitalized with diagnosis of biliary colic or cholecystitis?
  2. US of the upper abdomen to assess the presence of gallstones, gallbladder wall thickening or other disorder.
  3. Blood tests for liver functions and lipids profile
six month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nasser Sakran, MD, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 3, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 14, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

December 18, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 17, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 13, 2018

Last Verified

May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • EMC- 0129-12 -CTIL

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

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