| Title |
The EMPOWER Study: Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blind, Multicenter Trial of Vagal Blockade to Induce Weight Loss in Morbid Obesity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Obesity Surgery, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11695-012-0751-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael G. Sarr, Charles J. Billington, Roy Brancatisano, Anthony Brancatisano, James Toouli, Lilian Kow, Ninh T. Nguyen, Robin Blackstone, James W. Maher, Scott Shikora, Dominic N. Reeds, J. Christopher Eagon, Bruce M. Wolfe, Robert W. O’Rourke, Ken Fujioka, Mark Takata, James M. Swain, John M. Morton, Sayeed Ikramuddin, Michael Schweitzer, Bipan Chand, Raul Rosenthal, The EMPOWER Study Group |
| Abstract |
Intermittent, reversible intraabdominal vagal blockade (VBLOC® Therapy) demonstrated clinically important weight loss in feasibility trials. EMPOWER, a randomized, double-blind, prospective, controlled trial was conducted in USA and Australia. |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 144 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 14% |
| Other | 18 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 34 | 23% |
| Unknown | 30 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 30% |
| Engineering | 20 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 5% |
| Psychology | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 11% |
| Unknown | 45 | 30% |
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