Gut bacteria diet may boost weight loss after surgery
NCT ID NCT07268508
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a special diet that promotes a diverse gut microbiome can help people lose more weight and keep it off after bariatric surgery. Sixty adults aged 25-65 who are scheduled for weight-loss surgery will be randomly assigned to receive either standard nutritional advice or advice focused on increasing gut bacteria diversity. Researchers will track changes in gut bacteria, eating habits, taste, and overall health for one year after surgery.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Apr 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
25 to 65 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Between 25 and 65 years old * Undergoing either sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass * With grade 3 obesity (BMI≥40 kg/m²) or with BMI≥35 kg/m² and at least one comorbidity likely to be improved after surgery, with the exception of type 2 diabetes * Signed consent form * Living less than an hour and 30 minutes from the hospital * Presence of effective and stable contraception for women of childbearing potential Exclusion Criteria: * Type 2 diabetes * Presence of a contraindication to bariatric surgery * Presence of gastrointestinal pathologies with an inflammatory component, known gastroparesis, total gastrectomy, colectomy, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, known endocrine pathologies inducing hyperglycaemia (uncontrolled dysthyroidism, acromegaly, hypercorticism, etc.), severe chronic renal insufficiency (\< 30mL/min), or hepatocellular insufficiency * Claustrophobic * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Taking an obesity treatment 3 months before surgery * Taking a corticoids, immunosuppression, anabolizing, or growing hormones, antibody treatments less than 3 months before inclusion * Daily taking of laxatives or drugs that can strongly interfere with the composition of the intestinal microbiota. If taken sporadically, the patient can be included at a distance (3 weeks) from the laxatives taken. * Specific diets (vegetarian, vegan or without gluten) * No French speaker * Already included in other study * Donated blood in the last two months * Without freezer access * With allergy or intolerance to food propose in ad libitum buffet
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Bariatric surgery are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Centre de recherche en nutrition humaine de Rhône-Alpes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, 69310, France
-
Hospital Edouard Herriot, digestive surgery department
RECRUITINGLyon, 69310, France
-
Hôpital Lyon sud, Endocrinology Diabetes Nutrition department
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, 69310, France
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Mapping the hormone behind Post-Surgery blood sugar crashes
- Gut bacteria supplement tested against memory loss in obesity
- Can collagen supplements help preserve muscle after Weight-Loss surgery?
- Blood markers may predict muscle loss after Weight-Loss surgery
- Can a simple questionnaire capture the true toll of metabolic surgery?
- Brain scans probe how obesity may shape memory