Preventing muscle loss after weight-loss surgery
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study tests if a new way of thinking about body weight can help prevent muscle loss after weight-loss surgery. It is for women who are planning to have sleeve gastrectomy.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are a woman between 18 and 60 years old.
- You are scheduled to have sleeve gastrectomy (a common weight-loss surgery).
- You do not weigh 170 kg (about 375 lbs) or more.
- You are able to walk on your own and do not have a spine problem.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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