# LAP-BAND AP Early Experience Trial (APEX)

> **NCT00501085** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.** · enrollment: 521 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity, Morbid

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** LAP-BAND AP Adjustable Gastric Banding System

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00501085
- **Lead sponsor:** Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-06
- **Primary completion:** 2013-08
- **Final completion:** 2013-11
- **Target enrollment:** 521 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-01-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00501085

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00501085, "LAP-BAND AP Early Experience Trial (APEX)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00501085. Licensed CC0.

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