An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective therapy to induce weight loss in morbidly obese patients. Objective. This controlled, clinical trial with a two-year intervention was aimed at comparing the efficacy of two nonsurgical approaches versus bariatric surgery, on body weight changes and m...

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Main Authors: Bartolomé Burguera, Juan Jesús Tur, Antonio Jorge Escudero, María Alos, Alberto Pagán, Baltasar Cortés, Xavier Francesc González, Joan B. Soriano
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/194696
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author Bartolomé Burguera
Juan Jesús Tur
Antonio Jorge Escudero
María Alos
Alberto Pagán
Baltasar Cortés
Xavier Francesc González
Joan B. Soriano
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Juan Jesús Tur
Antonio Jorge Escudero
María Alos
Alberto Pagán
Baltasar Cortés
Xavier Francesc González
Joan B. Soriano
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description Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective therapy to induce weight loss in morbidly obese patients. Objective. This controlled, clinical trial with a two-year intervention was aimed at comparing the efficacy of two nonsurgical approaches versus bariatric surgery, on body weight changes and metabolic parameters in morbidly obese patients. Methods. Patients were randomized to an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI) (n=60) or Conventional Obesity Therapy (COT) (n=46). The ILI group received behavioral therapy and nutritional counseling. The COT group received standard medical treatment. They were compared with a third group, Surgical Obesity Group (SOG) (n=37). Results. Patients who received ILI had a greater percentage of weight loss than patients receiving COT (−11.3% versus −1.6%; p<0.0044). Interestingly 31.4% of patients included in the ILI group were no longer morbidly obese after just six months of intervention, increasing to 44.4% after 24 months of intervention. The percentage weight loss in SOG was −29.6% after that same period of time. Conclusions. ILI was associated with significant weight loss when compared to COT, in a group of patients with obesity. An ILI approach could be an alternative therapy to patients with obesity, who are not candidates to undergo bariatric surgery. This trial is registered with EudraCT 2009-013737-24.
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spelling doaj-art-c9d4fe316dd24179ac4752de92f08a222025-08-20T02:19:42ZengWileyInternational Journal of Endocrinology1687-83371687-83452015-01-01201510.1155/2015/194696194696An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical TrialBartolomé Burguera0Juan Jesús Tur1Antonio Jorge Escudero2María Alos3Alberto Pagán4Baltasar Cortés5Xavier Francesc González6Joan B. Soriano7Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa 79, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, SpainInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa 79, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, SpainInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa 79, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, SpainInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa 79, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, SpainInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa 79, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, SpainInstituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS), Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Carretera de Valldemossa 79, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, SpainCirugía General, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, SpainInstituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario de la Princesa (IISP), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cátedra UAM-Linde, 28030 Madrid, SpainBariatric surgery is currently the most effective therapy to induce weight loss in morbidly obese patients. Objective. This controlled, clinical trial with a two-year intervention was aimed at comparing the efficacy of two nonsurgical approaches versus bariatric surgery, on body weight changes and metabolic parameters in morbidly obese patients. Methods. Patients were randomized to an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI) (n=60) or Conventional Obesity Therapy (COT) (n=46). The ILI group received behavioral therapy and nutritional counseling. The COT group received standard medical treatment. They were compared with a third group, Surgical Obesity Group (SOG) (n=37). Results. Patients who received ILI had a greater percentage of weight loss than patients receiving COT (−11.3% versus −1.6%; p<0.0044). Interestingly 31.4% of patients included in the ILI group were no longer morbidly obese after just six months of intervention, increasing to 44.4% after 24 months of intervention. The percentage weight loss in SOG was −29.6% after that same period of time. Conclusions. ILI was associated with significant weight loss when compared to COT, in a group of patients with obesity. An ILI approach could be an alternative therapy to patients with obesity, who are not candidates to undergo bariatric surgery. This trial is registered with EudraCT 2009-013737-24.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/194696
spellingShingle Bartolomé Burguera
Juan Jesús Tur
Antonio Jorge Escudero
María Alos
Alberto Pagán
Baltasar Cortés
Xavier Francesc González
Joan B. Soriano
An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
International Journal of Endocrinology
title An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
title_full An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
title_fullStr An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
title_full_unstemmed An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
title_short An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is an Effective Treatment of Morbid Obesity: The TRAMOMTANA Study—A Two-Year Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
title_sort intensive lifestyle intervention is an effective treatment of morbid obesity the tramomtana study a two year randomized controlled clinical trial
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/194696
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