Can a new stomach surgery tame acid reflux without hiding cancer risks?
NCT ID NCT07768202
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a newer surgical technique, which combines sleeve gastrectomy with a rerouting of the digestive tract, can control acid reflux as well as the standard gastric bypass in adults with obesity. The new approach aims to keep the entire digestive tract visible for future endoscopic exams, unlike the bypass. Participants are randomly assigned to one of the two procedures, and the study tracks reflux symptoms, weight loss, and metabolic changes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sleeve gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y antrum-jejunal anastomosis (AJYR+SG) versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this new surgical technique could offer a way to control acid reflux as effectively as gastric bypass while keeping the digestive tract fully accessible for future cancer screening.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage surgical trial, and the new procedure may not control reflux as well as expected or could carry its own risks. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Candidates for AJYR+SG or RYGB, aged \>18 and \<65 years * BMI ≥35 and ≤45 kg/m² * Presence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms * Agreement to randomization between the AJYR+SG and RYGB techniques * Signed informed consent form (ICF) Exclusion Criteria: * Severe esophageal motor disorders * Crohn's disease * Advanced-stage cancer or ongoing cancer treatment * Failure to undergo the study examinations during follow-up, or withdrawal of informed consent at any time during follow-up (patients will be excluded, and their data analyzed up to the moment of dropout)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Victor Dib Institute
Manaus, Amazonas, 69020-210, Brazil
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