Weight loss surgery may shield kidneys in obese patients
NCT ID NCT02830646
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether gastric bypass surgery can protect the kidneys of people who are severely obese and have chronic kidney disease. Researchers measured kidney function before and one year after surgery in 14 patients. The goal is to see if the surgery improves the balance between kidney filtration and body fluid volume.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gastric bypass surgery
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that bariatric surgery protects kidney function in obese patients with chronic kidney disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 14 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It measures a ratio, not a direct health outcome.
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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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About 14 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2015
- Finished
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Mar 2020
- 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 70 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: * Topic GFR estimated by having the simplified formula of MDRD \<60 ml / min / 1.73 m² * Topic with BMI ≥ 40 kg / m², or ≥ 35 kg / m² * Subject having at least one comorbidity could be improved after surgery after failure of medical treatment: hypertension , OSAHS and other severe respiratory disorders, severe metabolic disorders, particularly type 2 diabetes , debilitating musculoskeletal diseases, steatohepatitis nonalcoholic . * Topic who signed the informed consent * Topic affiliated to the social security * Male or female Topics * Elderly 18 to 70 inclusive Exclusion Criteria: * Non- Caucasian person because the necessary correction factors and not always available for the formula to estimate GFR ( Cockcroft , Salazar and Corcoran ) . * No major under guardianship * Nobody hospitalized without his consent and not protected by law * Private person of liberty * Pregnant Woman, knowing that a pregnancy test will be performed for women of childbearing age . Results will be communicated to the patient by a doctor of his choice. * Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis * Nephrotic proteinuria ranking
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
Nice, France
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