# Effects of Very Low Calorie Diet vs Metabolic Surgery on Weight Loss and Obesity Comorbidities

> **NCT04583683** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Catholic University of the Sacred Heart** · enrollment: 218 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity, Morbid
- Obesity
- Diet, Healthy
- Bariatric Surgery Candidate

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Very low calorie diet with Fortimel (Nutricia) supplementation
- **PROCEDURE:** Metabolic Surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04583683
- **Lead sponsor:** Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-09-30
- **Primary completion:** 2020-12-28
- **Final completion:** 2022-09-30
- **Target enrollment:** 218 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04583683

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04583683, "Effects of Very Low Calorie Diet vs Metabolic Surgery on Weight Loss and Obesity Comorbidities". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04583683. Licensed CC0.

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