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Compliance With Standard Care vs Ready to Eat Meals Prior to Bariatric Surgery

RecruitingNAAges 21 Years - 65 YearsAllNational University Hospital, Singapore
NCT06461247 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Currently, a ketosis-inducing programme, usually a liquid meal replacement, is the standard of care for pre-operative dietary management. However, compliance with liduiqd meal replacement is challenging primarily due to individual taste preferences, limited variety, having to take a liquid diet, lifestyle factors, and other obstacles. Therefore, there is a need for RTE meals to enhance patient satisfaction and compliance, ultimately resulting in improved pre-operative weight loss outcomes. Hence, this RCT study aims to determine whether Very Low Calorie Diet Ready-to-eat (VLCD RTE) meals would lead to greater compliance as measured by blood ketones and meal logging via Nutritionist Buddy app (nBuddy App) compared to standard care liquid meal replacement (Optifast) prior to bariatric surgery.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 21 to 65 years old * Scheduled for bariatric surgery at least 1 month prior * BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m2 (with type 2 diabetes mellitus or metabolic syndrome) * Owns a smart phone with data plan * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment. * Hypothyroidism * Chronic kidney disease * Hypothyroidism * Depression with ongoing psychology follow up * Type 1 diabetes * Liver Cirrhosis * Pregnancy * Heart Failure * Active cancer or in remission for less than 5 years * Vegetarian * Observing the fast during the month of Ramadan * Undergoing treatment with anti obesity medications (eg: Phentermine/Orlistat/Contrave/GLP-1 analogues etc)
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What it tests

  • Very Low Calorie Diet Ready-to-eat (VLCD RTE) meals
  • Standard Care Group
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Where

2 sites
Alexandra Hospital
Singapore, Singapore
National University Hospital
Singapore, Singapore
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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