Recruiting

Same Day Discharge vs. Overnight Stay

Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Code:

NCT07011628

Conditions

Obesity and Obesity-related Medical Conditions

Bariatric Surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 25 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Same Day Discharge

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will compare same day discharge and at least one night stay in the hospital after bariatric surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery will be randomized (i.e. have an equal chance of either plan) to either group. The study's primary outcome is the frequency patients in the study require a visit to the emergency room within 7 days of their surgery.

Conditions

Obesity and Obesity-related Medical Conditions

Bariatric Surgery

Study ID

NCT07011628

Start date

Oct 1, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

May 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 25 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • BMI ≤ 60 kg/m2
  • Primary Sleeve gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass,
  • Undergoing bariatric surgery at sponsor site

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Unstable Angina or Heart Failure
  • Prior Stroke
  • Solid organ transplantation
  • Systemic glucocorticoid prior 28 days
  • Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Uncontrolled Hypertension (Systolic > 150, Diastolic > 90)
  • Untreated Hyperthyroidism
  • Chronic Kidney Disease (EGFR < 60)
  • Current anticoagulant use,
  • Poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes (Hemoglobin A1c in last 3 months > 8.5%)
  • Chronic opioid use
  • Insulin dependence.
  • Need for extended venous thromboembolic event prophylaxis,
  • > 1 lifetime bariatric surgery (revisional or conversion bariatric surgery)
  • Patient lives > 130 miles from the hospital.
  • Tobacco use in last 12 months
  • Desire to become pregnant or active pregnancy
  • Prisoners
  • Unable or unwilling to follow-up
  • Unable to understand or provide consent

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Same Day Discharge

Patients in the same day discharge will be discharged from the hospital following surgery without an overnight stay in the hospital.

no intervention: Standard of care - Hospital Admission

Patients in the standard of care arm will be admitted to the hospital for at least one overnight stay in the hospital.

Interventions

Same Day Discharge

Patients in the same day discharge arm will be discharged from the hospital within 6 hours of arriving to the recovery unit and without an overnight stay in the hospital.

Primary outcome measure

  • Emergency Department Visits [ Time Frame: baseline to seven days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jason Samuels

(615) 322 - 4504jason.m.samuels@vumc.org

Locations

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Recruiting

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37209

Contacts

Jason M Samuels, MD

615-322-4504jason.m.samuels@vumc.org

Principal Investigator:

Jason M Samuels, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Last update posted

Sep 21, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Keywords

  • ambulatory surgery
  • same day discharge
  • gastric bypass
  • sleeve gastrectomy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-24. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Vanderbilt University Medical Center on 2026-09-21. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.