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Last refreshed on: 28 December 2015
Main ID:  NCT02297022
Date of registration: 30/10/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Public title: Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Obesity in Patients With Prader-Willi Syndrome DBSPW
Scientific title: Phase 1 Study of Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Obesity in Patients With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: October 2014
Target sample size: 6
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02297022
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Ruth Franco
Address: 
Telephone: 55-11 2661-6106
Email: franco-ruth@uol.com.br
Affiliation: 
Name:     Durval Damiani
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Name:     Juliana Yamashita
Address: 
Telephone: 551130617672
Email: juliana.yamashita@hc.fm.usp.br
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 15 years or older

- Parents able to give informed consent

- Diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome confirmed by genetic analysis

- Refractoriness to medical treatment, defined as a weight loss lower than 10% of the
body weight with nutritional, pharmacological or surgical interventions

- Severe or morbid obesity

- No contra-indications to the surgical procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cardiovascular disease that might significantly increase the surgical risk

- Brain lesions detected clinically or during MRI

- Use of cardiac pacemakers/ defibrillators

- Clinical conditions that may require the use of MRI in the post-operative period

- Patients undergoing chemotherapy or immunosuppressive treatments

- Patients unable to return to the hospital at the required intervals

- Previous neurosurgical treatments that may increase the risk of DBS surgery

- Active medical conditions that may require in-hospital treatment in the nearby future

- Previous diagnosis of epilepsy or status epilepticus

- Chronic infection

- Plan to use diathermy

- Metallic implants that might preclude MRI imaging of the brain

- Active participation in other experimental studies



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Device: Deep Brain Stimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
waist circumference; mid-upper arm circumference [Time Frame: 6 months]
Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability [Time Frame: 3 months]
Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability [Time Frame: 6 months]
Body mass index [Time Frame: 6 months]
resting energy expenditure [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Child Behaviour Checklist [Time Frame: 6 months]
Child Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale [Time Frame: 6 months]
Feeding Behaviour Questionnaire [Time Frame: 6 months]
daily food ingestion diary listing [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
InternalFunds
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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