# Effectiveness of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Use in the Prevention of Gallstone Formation After Sleeve Gastrectomy

> **NCT02721862** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **American University of Beirut Medical Center** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Cholelithiasis

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Ursodeoxycholic Acid
- **DRUG:** Placebo
- **RADIATION:** Gallbladder Ultrasound

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02721862
- **Lead sponsor:** American University of Beirut Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-03
- **Primary completion:** 2018-09
- **Final completion:** 2019-03
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-07-14

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02721862

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02721862, "Effectiveness of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Use in the Prevention of Gallstone Formation After Sleeve Gastrectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02721862. Licensed CC0.

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