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Filter by:The purpose of this study to understand better how this anti-obesity medication works to assist individuals to lose weight and maintain weight loss. This study may lead to the development of other related medications for assisting people with the disease of obesity.
The purpose of this research study is to evaulate the effectiveness of Low Level Laser Therapy in combination with Lifestyle Modifications in helping people reduce the extra weight and size in the central body region
This study is an 8 week weight loss intervention with 3 randomly assigned groups: DIET, cold exposure (CE), and DIET+CE. The study will be a total of 13 weeks. All participants will undergo a screening session, two experimental sessions at baseline and two experimental sessions after the intervention. There will be a control (ambient) experimental session and a cold exposure experimental session These will be done in a randomized order both before and after the intervention. Therefore, a total of 5 lab visits will be required for all participants regardless of group outside of their assigned group intervention. Participants in the CE and DIET+CE groups will report to the laboratory every 2nd day for the 8 week intervention to undergo cold exposure as outlined below. The DIET and DIET+CE groups will have a weekly nutritional consultation at the lab as well as a weekly check-in with the nutritionist via text, phone, or email. Participants will be randomly assigned a group after completing the screening session and prior to the experimental session.
The incidence of cancer of the oesophagus is increasing. While surgical removal of the tumour (oesophagectomy) may offer the best chance of cure, such major operations are associated with long-term complications such as poor appetite, unintentional weight loss and nutritional impairments. In the long-term, unintentional weight loss of 10-30% increases the risk of disease and death. However, a knowledge gap exists as there has been no comprehensive assessment of how this surgery changes the mechanisms of how the gut communicates with the brain (gut-brain pathways) and its relation to food intake and eating behaviour. The aims of this study are to test the hypotheses that: 1. Oesophagectomy induces changes in the small intestine barrier (gut mucosa) and changes in hormonal signals after food consumption. 2. Oesophagectomy reduces appetite, eating behaviour, and food intake and shifts food selection from high-fat and high-glycaemic index items (quickly digested carbohydrates) to low-fat and low-glycaemic index items (slowly digested).
A double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of semaglutide 3.0 mg/ml in patients with poor weight-loss following bariatric surgery. The primary aim of this trial is to determine whether, and the extent to which, 68 weeks of subcutaneous semaglutide 3.0 mg/ml causes greater percentage weight loss (%WL), reduction in adiposity, improvement in metabolic and inflammatory indices and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than placebo, in patients with poor weight loss following gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy.
The OverStitch ™ Sx System (Apollo Endosurgery Inc., Austin, Tx, Usa) is a new generation of endoscopic suturing device. It is inserted into an endoscope allowing the approximation of Luc Karsentys soft tissue by placement of sutures. It is as effective a suture system as a surgical system. The OverStitch ™ Sx allows suturing in the upper and lower GI with a flexible single channel endoscope. Previously, the ™ Overstich was only compatible with an Olympus dual channel endoscope. Thus, a wide range of interventions are possible, including gastric endoplastic sleeve (ESG), RYGB revision, anastomotic fistula repair and / or sleeve revision. In each of these indications, the OverStitch (OverStitch) ™ system has shown its effectiveness and safety. The OverStitch Endoscopic ™ Suture System allows the entire digestive wall to be sutured through a flexible endoscope. Thus, a wide range of interventions are possible, including gastric pocket repair after gastric bypass surgery, anastomotic fistula repair, endoscopic treatment of digestive perforation, and endoscopic sleeve surgery. In each of these indications, the OverStitch system has demonstrated its effectiveness and safety. But this technique is recent, especially in France. In addition, no data has yet been released regarding the new Overstitch ™ Sx device compatible with all single channel endoscopes. An observational study including patients in French centers that are experts in therapeutic endoscopy seems essential to us to better assess this new device and this new technique in practice
The main aim of this project is to determine the implication of autophagy and inflammasome in the pathogenesis of obesity and related comorbidities, and to explore in depth the mechanisms associated with the activation of immune cells leading early stages of the atherosclerotic process and metabolic disease. The hypothesis of the present study is that weight loss mediated by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) improves the protein expression of markers of autophagy and inflammation within immune cells. Moreover, the investigators will explore the association of these mechanisms with the mitochondrial function and dynamics, Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress an intracellular nutritional status of leukocytes (measured by fluorescence microscopy and western blot). Further, the potential relationship between changes in the mentioned intracellular pathways and systemic pathological mechanisms including oxidative stress, inflammation and glucose and lipid metabolism will be explored. Hence, serum carbonylated proteins, myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels, antioxidant enzymatic activities including SOD (Superoxide dismutase) and catalase, circulating cytokines, and glucose and lipid metabolism parameters will be evaluated in a cohort of obese subjects before and 12 months after RYGB intervention.
This study will assess the preliminary efficacy of a lifestyle intervention including low-carb/ketogenic diet and exercise, enhanced by self-monitoring through health technologies on weight and diabetes outcomes (Glucose, HbA1c) and diabetic complications (cognitive function, and renal function) in a 6-month randomized clinical trial in 60 overweight/obese adults with or without T2D. Renal function will be assessed via both traditional and novel biomarkers, including novel metabolites and mitochondrial function.
The objectives of this study are to assess the initial safety and device functionality of the SFM Anastomosis System including delivery systems when used to create a dual-path duodenal-ileal (D-I) diversion either during sleeve gastrectomy (i.e., SNAP-S procedure) or patients with prior sleeve gastrectomy who experience inadequate weight loss (i.e., SNAP-PS procedure). Additionally, the study is designed to evaluate the potential of the SNAP-S/SNAP-PS procedures to induce weight loss and to improve metabolic comorbidities in obese subjects.
This project is studying whether patients who use MyFitnessPal as an aid to weight loss have more success than patients who are only given traditional medical guidance from the patient's physician.