UKOSS: Pregnancy in women with gastric bypass

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Study of pregnancy following gastric bypass surgery using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS)

• IRAS ID

  140717

• Contact name

  Katie Cornthwaite

• Contact email

  katiecornthwaite@gmail.com

• Sponsor organisation

  North Bristol NHS Trust

• Research summary

  This project aims to establish the prevalence of pregnant women with previous gastric bypass surgery to aid weight loss.
  There are an increasing number of pregnant women who are overweight or obese. These women are more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and birth, impacting on both mother and child.
  Gastric bypass surgery is more regularly being undertaken by obese women who may go on to become pregnant.
  Gastric bypass surgery refers to operations, which reduce the volume of the stomach by dividing it and reconnecting the smaller portion to the small intestine. This restricts food intake and absorption, and reduces hunger, thereby leading to weight loss.
  There is very little available to guide doctors on how best to care for pregnant women who have undergone gastric bypass surgery. This includes whether pregnancy should be delayed following gastric bypass surgery, and if so, for how long. Although studies and reports are becoming increasingly common in this field, there is a need for a larger study providing detailed understanding of the management and outcome of these women in current UK practice. With this information we aim to define recommendations which provide the safest management for these women during their pregnancies.

  This study aims to collect anonymous information about pregnant women who have had gastric bypass surgery. This information will be collected by doctors and midwives in hospitals throughout the UK using an existing anonymous information collection system, the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS). The research will be conducted at Southmead Hospital and the University of Bristol, in collaboration with UKOSS and the University of Oxford.

• REC name

  London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/LO/0491

• Date of REC Opinion

  26 Mar 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion