Does the respiratory function of obese individuals retrun to normal following surgically-induced weight reduction?

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000188538

Acronym

SCARF

Enrollment

Registered

2006-05-18

Start date

2006-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The study will compare respiratory function at rest and exercise in patients undergoing gastric banding for obesity. They will be compared to similar weight individuals who do not have surgery.

Interventions

This is an observational study on subjects who are undergoing gastric banding for obesity - the initial visit will take place before surgery and the follow-up visit will take place 6 months later.. The study itself has no interventions. Study subjects will be matched with controls and they will have a one off visit around the time of the 6 month follow up for the surgery patient.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Any subjects listed for gastric banding will be approached.

Exclusion criteria

The only exclusion criteria are if there are any contraindications to the testing being performed, e.g. epilepsy and methacholine challenge.

Outcome results