Posts tagged GI Dynamics
Recruiting Begins for Clinical Trial of EndoBarrier
Doctors across the United States are now recruiting hundreds of obese and diabetic patients for the U.S. pivotal clinical trial of EndoBarrier, the ENDO Trial, GI Dynamics announced yesterday. EndoBarrier is a thin, flexible, tube-shaped liner that forms a physical barrier between food and a portion of the intestine wall. The EndoBarrier alters the digestion [...]
Read the full article →EndoBarrier Therapy Gets FDA Approval for Clinical Trials
The FDA has given conditional approval to GI Dynamics to proceed with a pivotal clinical trial of the company’s EndoBarrier Therapy, a new type of treatment for patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and obesity that does not involve medications or surgery. EndoBarrier is a thin, flexible, tube-shaped liner that acts as a physical barrier [...]
Read the full article →EndoBarrier Demonstrates Significant Weight Loss in Advanced Trials
EndoBarrier non-surgical therapy continues to show positive results in advanced clinical trials, according to a press release issued this week by GI Dynamics. Following 12 months of use with the EndoBarrier, patients enrolled in the study lost an average of 20 percent of their body weight, or 49.5 pounds. In addition to significant weight loss, [...]
Read the full article →Advancements in Weight Loss Surgery to Help Moderately Overweight and Diabetic
Although weight loss surgery has traditionally been considered the treatment of last resort for severe obesity, new treatments and safer techniques are making surgical intervention a potentially suitable option for a greater amount of overweight individuals. As we start a new year, it is a good time to review some of the innovative procedures that [...]
Read the full article →EndoBarrier Results in Rapid Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes
The EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner continues to demonstrate considerable promise as a non-surgical therapy for type 2 diabetes and obesity. In clinical trials conducted to date, the results are similar to those seen with the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure, but without surgery. According to a GI Dynamics press release dated November 11, 2009, patients who were [...]
Read the full article →Promising Data in Non-Surgical Treatment for Obesity
New data shows promising results for the EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner, an experimental weight loss device being evaluated for patient safety and effectiveness. The EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner, or GI Sleeve is an innovative and non-surgical approach to weight loss that is designed to eliminate or reduce the risks and side effects associated with pharmaceutical or surgical [...]
Read the full article →Experimental Teflon Liner Achieves Dramatic Weight Loss
So far, the weight loss results seen in clinical studies for EndoBarrier have been exciting. We will soon get an update about how patients in this ongoing study are progressing. According to an announcement made today by the company developing the product, GI Dynamics, additional results will be presented on Saturday by the lead investigator [...]
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