Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Obesity

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this clinical study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a treatment option for obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01512134

Run by

Ali Rezai, MD

People needed

3

Starts

2012-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-30

Who can join

Age: 22 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At least 24 months post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery without evidence of a sustained improvement in BMI after gastric bypass surgery for at least 6 months.
• Participant is willing to comply with all follow-up evaluations at the specified times
• Participant is able to provide informed consent
• Fluent in English

You may not qualify if…

• Medical contraindications for general anesthesia, craniotomy, or DBS surgery
• Evidence of neurological disorders, e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and ischemic stroke, or severe brain atrophy or the presence of subdural hygromas or subdural hematomas.
• Severe cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, hematological disease, severe coagulopathy, acute infectious process

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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