Vitamin Deficiencies and Suppletion in Morbid Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the most effective treatment for patients who underwent a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and developed postoperatively a vitamin B12 deficiency.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rijnstate Hospital
• Treatments: Hydroxocobalamin; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B Complex; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Vitamin B12 deficiency: <200 pmol/l

• Vitamin B12 deficiency 6-12 months after surgery

• All patients underwent a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Creatin >150micromol/L

2. Liver enzymes >2 times upper limit

3. Other bariatric operations

4. Intercurrent diseases

5. Gastro-intestinal diseases

6. Psychiatric disease

7. Medicines which influences bone density

8. Pregnancy