Same-Day discharge after bariatric surgery: safe or risky?
NCT ID NCT07011628
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether patients can safely go home within 6 hours of bariatric surgery instead of staying overnight. 200 adults with obesity will be randomly assigned to same-day discharge or overnight stay. The main goal is to see how many need emergency care within a week.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Same-day discharge procedure
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that same-day discharge after bariatric surgery is safe, reducing hospital stays and healthcare costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial at one site. Same-day discharge may increase ER visits or complications, and 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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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 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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25 to 55 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: * BMI ≤ 60 kg/m2 * Primary Sleeve gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass, * Undergoing bariatric surgery at sponsor site Exclusion Criteria: * Type 1 Diabetes * Myocardial Infarction * Unstable Angina or Heart Failure * Prior Stroke * Solid organ transplantation * Systemic glucocorticoid prior 28 days * Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea * Uncontrolled Hypertension (Systolic \> 150, Diastolic \> 90) * Untreated Hyperthyroidism * Chronic Kidney Disease (EGFR \< 60) * Current anticoagulant use, * Poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes (Hemoglobin A1c in last 3 months \> 8.5%) * Chronic opioid use * Insulin dependence. * Need for extended venous thromboembolic event prophylaxis, * \> 1 lifetime bariatric surgery (revisional or conversion bariatric surgery) * Patient lives \> 130 miles from the hospital. * Tobacco use in last 12 months * Desire to become pregnant or active pregnancy * Prisoners * Unable or unwilling to follow-up * Unable to understand or provide consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37209, United States
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