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A Personalized Program of Physical Activity and Diet for Hypothalamic Obesity

NCT03673813 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2018-09-17

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Summary

Hypothalamic obesity (HO) is an obesity secondary to an alteration of the functioning of the hypothalamus, the central organ of energy homeostasis. The causes of OH are related to an hypothalamic lesion (eg craniopharyngioma) or to genetic diseases (ex: Prader-Willi syndrome). OH, which accounts for about 5 to 10% of obesity, is a complex handicap characterized by severe obesity associated with eating disorders, cognitive and behavioral disorders and sometimes a visual deficit, with a major impact on quality of life, morbidity and mortality. There is currently no specific treatment of HO. Management is essentially behavioral, based on daily support of eating behavior and physical activities (PA). OH is characterized by an intense and almost permanent hunger felt, a satiety disorder and an obsessive interest in food. The food education of the entourage is essential, the advise concern the control of the access to food and the setting up of a precise food frame on the quantities, with low energetic density, and schedules. OH is characterized by obesity with lean mass deficit. PA must therefore be regular, adapted to the disability and personalized to take into account cognitive deficits and behavioral disorders. Although the supervision of meals and daily PA is now recognized as fundamental in the care of these patients (National Program of Diagnosis and Care established by the French "Haute Autorité de Santé"), few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of programs with personalized support on global health. The investigators hypothesize that a personalized 4-month individual home-based counseling program on dietary counseling and PA can be effective to modify behaviors such as diet and PAs with an impact on changing weight and quality of life. The 16-week program includes a dietetic component (initial assessment with dietary care plan followed by a 30-minute telephone interview every month with dietician) and a PA component (two 1-hour individualized sessions, performed at home and supervised by a PA educator). Before and after the program, the investigators will evaluate habitual PA with an accelerometer, feeding behavior, physical functioning, weight change, body composition, quality of life and will constitute a biobank of serums, adipose tissues and stools. If the effectiveness of this program is demonstrated this will help to find ways to sustain this support by the institutions, to train professionals in the complex accompaniment of these patients. Finally this program set up as part of a rare disease can show the benefits in other populations of more common pathology (common severe obesity, intellectual disability, behavioral disorders).

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-29
Primary Completion
2018-07-01
Completion
2018-07-01

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