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Transition to Ambulatory Bariatric Surgery (TABS) Trial

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
25 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study compares going home the same day with staying in the hospital at least one night after weight-loss surgery. It is for people having their first sleeve or gastric bypass surgery at the study hospital. The study checks how often patients need an emergency room visit within 7 days after surgery.

This study will compare same day discharge and at least one night stay in the hospital after bariatric surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery will be randomized (i.e. have an equal chance of either plan) to either group. The study's primary outcome is the frequency patients in the study require a visit to the emergency room within 7 days of their surgery.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Have a BMI of 60 or less. BMI is a measure of weight compared with height.
  • Are having a first sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass, two types of weight-loss surgery.
  • Are having surgery at the study hospital.

Who can't join

  • Have type 1 diabetes, need insulin, or have poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (A1c blood test above 8.5% in the past 3 months).
  • Have had a heart attack or stroke; have unstable angina (heart-related chest pain), heart failure, or blood pressure above 150 systolic or 90 diastolic.
  • Have severe sleep apnea (breathing stops during sleep), an untreated overactive thyroid, or long-term kidney disease with a kidney filtering score below 60.
  • Have had an organ transplant, used steroid medicines that affect the whole body in the past 28 days, take blood thinners, or use opioid pain medicines long term.
  • Need longer treatment to prevent blood clots in veins, or are having repeat weight-loss surgery to revise or change an earlier surgery.
  • Live more than 130 miles from the hospital or have used tobacco in the past 12 months.
  • Are pregnant, want to become pregnant, or are a prisoner.
  • Cannot or will not complete follow-up visits, or cannot understand or give consent to join.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

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

Study sites (1)

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