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Completed Not applicable Interventional

The USGI Medical ESSENTIAL Study for Weight Loss

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01958385

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Official title

A RANDOMIZED, SUBJECT AND EVALUATOR-BLINDED, PARALLEL-GROUP, MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL USING AN ENDOSCOPIC SUTURING DEVICE (G-CATH EZ™ SUTURE ANCHOR DELIVERY CATHETER) FOR PRIMARY WEIGHT LOSS

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01958385
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
USGI Medical
Industry
Enrollment
377 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

  • placement of g-Cath EZ suture anchors Device
  • Sham procedure Procedure
  • Diet and Exercise Behavioral

Device · Procedure · Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
22 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Nov 30, 2013
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2015
Completion
Jul 31, 2016
Last update posted
Apr 3, 2017

2013 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
11
U.S. states
10
U.S. cities
11
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Scottsdale Healthcare Scottsdale Arizona 85258
DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida 33166
Hamilton Medical Center Dalton Georgia 30722
NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Illinois 60201
Crescent City Surgical Centre Covington Louisiana 70433
Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02120
University of MN, Fairview Health Services Minneapolis Minnesota 55455
Saint Luke's Hospital Kansas City Missouri 64111
Washington University School of Medicine St Louis Missouri 63110
Lexington Medical Center West Columbia South Carolina 29169
Baptist Memorial Memphis Tennessee 38120

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