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Monitoring the Weight Evolution Using a Connected Scale

Evaluation of a Personalized Care Path After Bariatric Surgery Based on Monitoring the Weight Evolution Using a Connected Scale

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04639778
Acronym
TELEBARIA
Enrollment
390
Registered
2020-11-20
Start date
2021-03-25
Completion date
2026-12-31
Last updated
2025-12-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Bariatric Surgery, Long Term Follow-Up, Weight Regain

Brief summary

Current guideline recommend yearly multidisciplinary postoperative follow-up after bariatric surgery. However, practices remain very heterogeneous, and only a fraction of patients are still follow-up beyond two years after the operation. This study will assess a new care pathway in which the patients are follow-up according to the weight evolution measured by the patient using a connected scale.

Detailed description

Bariatric surgery is developing rapidly. In France, the number of annual interventions increased threefold between 2001 and 2015, from 16,000 to 50,000 per year. This rapid development is explained by the well-demonstrated benefits of surgery: spectacular improvement in the quality of life, reduction in co-morbidities (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and steatohepatitis), and significant reduction in mortality linked to severe obesity. However, the benefits of surgery may decrease over time and may be associated with side effects. Current guideline recommend yearly multidisciplinary postoperative follow-up after bariatric surgery. However, practices remain very heterogeneous, and only a fraction of patients are still follow-up beyond two years after the operation. The current recommendations therefore do not seem adapted to clinical reality. They do not prevent the regain of weight in many patients, which frequently leads to re-operations. Even more worrying is the possible occurrence of late complications, sometimes serious and life-threatening. This study will assess a new care pathway in which the patients are follow-up according to weight evolution measured by the patient using a connected scale.

Interventions

OTHERControl Group

Clinical visits conducted by a multidisciplinary team every year

OTHERIntervention Group

Clinical visits are triggered by weight evolution measured by connected balance

Sponsors

Ministry of Health, France
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
University Hospital, Lille
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Multi-centre, randomised, open, controlled study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged\> = at 18 years old Patients who have benefited from a Roux-en-Y Gastric By-Pass or Sleeve Gastrectomy bariatric surgery 2 years ago Preoperative Body Mass Index between 35 kg/m2 and 59 kg/m2 Access to the wired network at home. Social insured patient Patient who signed the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Lack of autonomy for the use of remote monitoring equipment or psychological or psychiatric disorders making it difficult to optimally use the remote monitoring equipment Administrative reasons: inability to receive informed consent information, inability to participate in the entire study, lack of social security coverage, refusal to sign consent, patient under guardianship or justice system.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluate the efficacy of new care pathway3 yearsThe main evaluation criterion is the success rate in terms of weight loss defined by an excess weight loss greater than 50%, in the absence undernutrition. Undernutrition is defined by a BMI \< 21 kg / m2 and / or an albumin level \<35 g /l

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of visits made by the multidisciplinary team3 yearsNumber of visits made by the multidisciplinary team
Number of postoperative surgical and / or medical complications3 yearsNumber of postoperative surgical and / or medical complications that justified hospitalisation
Change of nutritional parameters in the blood of vitamines3 years
Change of nutritional parameters in the blood of minerals3 years
Change of nutritional parameters in the blood of protein3 years
Cost-effectiveness of new care pathway3 yearsCost-effectiveness of new care pathway
Frequency of Food Consumption Questionnaire3 yearsA food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) consists of a finite list of foods and beverages with response categories to indicate usual frequency of consumption over the time period queried. To assess the total diet, the number of foods and beverages queried typically ranges from 80 to 120.
Anxiety and depression by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire (HAD)3 yearsChanges of anxiety and depression over three weeks training on a 4-point likert scale scored 0-3. Max 21 Points for each subscale, cut off for anxiety and Depression are set at 7 Points higher values represent more anxiety and Depression.
Ricci-Gagnon score3 yearsEvaluation of physical activity This score describe the physical profile : inactive, active, very active, at month 4 It is calculated by adding the number of points (1 to 5) corresponding to the box checked for each question. Less than 18=inactive Between 18 and 35=active More than 35=Active
Quality of life of SF363 yearsShort Form 36 v2.0 acute (SF-36) is a 36-item, patient-reported survey of patient health. SF-36 measures the subject's overall Health Related Quality of Life on 8 domains: physical functioning, role functioning, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role emotional and mental health.
Quality of life of questionnaire EQ-5D-5L3 yearsThe EQ-5D-5L questionnaire will be used to estimate the impact on subjects' health-related quality of life and provides a description of subjects' problems by dimensions (descriptive system), a score for overall self-rated health (visual analogue scale \[VAS\]) as well as an index score (EQ-5D-5L index). EQ-5D index score range: 0 to 1 and EQ-5D-VAS: range 0 to 100. A higher score indicates better self reported health status.
Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ)3 yearsDutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) consists of 33 items and assesses on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from never to very often external, restraint and emotional eating. For the study, only the 10 items of the external eating subscale will be used. The variable of interest will be the corresponding External eating subscale score.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactFrançois Pattou, MD,PhD
francois.pattou@chru-lille.fr03 20 44 42 73

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026