Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
Obesity surgery, liver, mitochondria, steatosis
Brief summary
The study aims to characterize mitochondrial metabolism in the liver of obesity surgery patients and to study its relationships with hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis.
Detailed description
The study aims to characterize mitochondrial metabolism in the liver of obesity surgery patients and to study its relationships with hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis. The protocols involves a per-operative hepatic needle biopsy for mitochondria characterization and histological scoring of steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis
Interventions
the biopsies will be performed under laparoscopy and taken in the lower part of the right hepatic lobe
Sponsors
Study design
Intervention model description
patients with obesity surgery with a laparoscopic approach scheduled in the department of digestive surgery of the CHU de Nantes
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* adult men and women * affiliated to a social security * candidate for laparoscopic obesity surgery
Exclusion criteria
* Excessive alcohol consumption:\> 20 g / day (woman),\> 30 g / day (male) * Chronic viral hepatitis B or C * Genetic hemochromatosis * Taking the following drugs for at least 3 months up to 6 months before the scheduled date of obesity surgery: systemic corticosteroids, amiodarone, methotrexate * Wilson's disease * autoimmune hepatitis * alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency * abetalipoproteinemia * Contraindications to liver biopsy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Association between nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis and mitochondria morphological markers | Until 6 month |
Contacts
Nantes University Hospital