Robot or laparoscope? new study weighs cost and benefits of Weight-Loss surgery
NCT ID NCT06858761
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study compares robot-assisted bariatric surgery to standard laparoscopic surgery for obesity. About 482 adults aged 18-70 who qualify for weight-loss surgery will be randomly assigned to one of the two methods. The goal is to see if the robot's higher upfront cost is offset by fewer complications and better quality of life after one year.
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Study facts
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- 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 482 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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 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: * Patient aged between 18 and 70 years old, * Female or male patients * Patient eligible for one of the two situations defined below: 1. Primary bariatric or metabolic surgery, with a BMI corresponding to one of the 3 following situations, in accordance with the french National Authority for Health (HAS) recommendations published in February 2024: * 40 kg/m² OR * 35 kg/m² with at least one comorbidity that may improve after surgery (e.g.: high blood pressure, sleep apnea syndrome and other severe respiratory disorders, type 2 diabetes, disabling osteoarticular diseases, steatohepatitis not alcoholic, dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis) OR between 30 and 35 kg/m² with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes 2. Revision surgery for complication and/or side effects of a previous bariatric surgery * Patient who has benefited from a pluridisciplinary evaluation (medical, surgical, psychiatric), with a favorable opinion for a bariatric. * Patient who agrees to be included in the study and who signs the informed consent form, Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of a severe and evolutive life threatening pathology, unrelated to obesity, * Pregnancy or desire to be pregnant during the study, * Patient not affiliated to a French or European healthcare insurance, * Patient under supervision or guardianship * Patient who is unable to give consent, * Patient who does not understand French * Patient who has already been included in a trial which has a conflict of interests with the present study
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
18 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Chirurgicale Mutualiste 3 rue le verrier - BP 209 42100 SAINT ETIENNE
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, 42100, France
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Digestive Surgery Department CHU Grenoble BP217 - 38043 GRENOBLE Cedex 09
RECRUITINGGrenoble, 38043, France
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Département de Chirurgie Viscérale Métabolique et Cancérologique Responsable de l'Unité de Chirurgie Endocrinienne Université de Lorraine CHRU de Nancy - Hôpital Brabois adultes 11 allée du Morvan 54511 VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY
RECRUITINGVandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France
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Département de Chirurgie digestive Hôpital de la Source CHU d'ORLEANS 14 Avenue de l'hôpital 45100 ORLEANS LA SOURCE
RECRUITINGOrléans, 45100, France
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Département de chirurgie digestive CHRU Dijon - Hôpital Le Bocage Bd du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 21000 DIJON
RECRUITINGDijon, 21000, France
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Département de chirurgie digestive et bariatrique CHU de Nantes - Site Hôtel-Dieu - HME 1 Place Alexis Ricordeau 44000 NANTES
RECRUITINGNantes, 44000, France
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Département de chirurgie digestive et endocrinienne CHU de Strasbourg - Nouvel Hôpital civil Rez-de-chaussée 1 place de l'hôpital BP 426 67091 STRASBOURG cedex
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67091, France
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Département de chirurgie digestive et endocrinienne Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin Place Amélie Raba Léon 33076 BORDEAUX
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33076, France
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Département de chirurgie digestive, oncologique et bariatrique AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou 20 rue Leblanc 75015 PARIS
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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Département de chirurgie digestive, œsogastrique et bariatrique AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard 46 Rue Henri Huchard 75018 PARIS
RECRUITINGParis, 75018, France
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Département de chirurgie viscérale CHU de Poitiers 2 Rue de la Miletrie - CS 90577 - 86000 POITIERS
RECRUITINGPoitiers, 86000, France
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Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Edouard Herriot Chirurgie Digestive et Bariatrique 5 Place d'Arsonval - 69437 Lyon Cedex 03 - FRANCE
RECRUITINGLyon, 69437, France
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive Hépato-bilio-pancréatique et Transplantation Hépatique Chirurgie Bariatrique, coelioscopique et robotique AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital 75013 PARIS
RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive Hôpital Rangueil - CHU de Toulouse 1 avenue du Pr Jean Poulhès - TSA 50032 31059 TOULOUSE Cedex 9
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpital de l'Archet 2, CHU de Nice
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNice, 06202, France
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Européen de Marseille, 6 rue Désirée Clary, 13003 MARSEILLE
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13003, France
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Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive Grand Hopital de l'Est Francilien Site de Marne La Vallée 2-4 Cours de la Gondoire 77600 JOSSIGNY
RECRUITINGJossigny, 77600, France
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Service de Chirurgie Générale et Endocrinienne CHU de Lille - Hôpital Claude Huriez 1 rue Michel Polonovski 59000 LILLE
RECRUITINGLille, 59000, France
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