1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
3Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
5Division of Endocrinology, St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
6Division of Endocrinology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
7Nutrition and Weight Management Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
9Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
10Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
11Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
13Division of Gastroenterology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
14Division of Gastroenterology, St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
15Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
16Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
17Center for Wellness and Weight Loss Surgery, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, USA
19Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20Section of Gastroenterology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, USA
22Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
23Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Masachusetts, USA
24St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA
25Aspire Bariatrics, Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Correspondence: Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Thorn 1404, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
26Present address: University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
27Present address: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL accompanies this paper at http://links.lww.com/AJG/A380, http://links.lww.com/AJG/A381, http://links.lww.com/AJG/A382, http://links.lww.com/AJG/A383, http://links.lww.com/AJG/A384
Received 28 April 2016; accepted 26 September 2016
Guarantor of the article: Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FASGE, FACG.
Specific author contributions: All authors were involved in the preparation of the manuscript, agreed to submit it for publication, and assumed responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the data and the data analyses. The sponsor, Aspire Bariatrics (King of Prussia, PA, USA), performed the statistical analyses and provided editorial assistance in preparing this manuscript. Study supervision, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Christopher C. Thompson; study supervision and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Louis J. Aronne; subject supervision: Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Adam C. Stein, Michel Kahaleh, Marvin Ryou, Christopher Huang, Daniel D. Tran, Joseph P. Glaser, John A. Martin, Francis A. Farraye, Samuel B. Ho, and Nitin Kumar; study supervision: Robert Kushner, Shelby Sullivan, Alan B. Schorr, Anastassia Amaro, Caroline M. Apovian, Terrence Fullum, Amir Zarrinpar, Michael D. Jensen, Steven Edmundowicz, J. Matthew Bohning, Gregory Ginsberg, and David L. Jaffe; acquisition of data: Donna Harakal, Meredith Young, Catherine E. Thomas, Alpana P. Shukla, Michele B. Ryan, and Miki Haas; study concept and design, analysis and interpretation of data, assistance in preparing the manuscript: Heidi Goldsmith and Jennifer McCrea.
Financial support: This trial was sponsored in full by Aspire Bariatrics, Inc., King of Prussia, PA, USA. C.C.T., L.J.A., R.K., S.S., A.B.S., A.A., C.M.A., T.F., A.Z., M.D.J., S.E., J.M.B., G.G., and D.L.J. received institutional research support from Aspire Bariatrics for this clinical trial.
Potential competing interests: Heidi Goldsmith and Jennifer McCrea are employees of Aspire Bariatrics. The remaining authors declare no potential competing interests.