Study of Emotion and Cognition Abilities of Children With PWS and Proposition of an Innovative Remediation

NCT04526379 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2023-08-23

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Summary

The present project project is divided in two parts. The primary aim of the part 1 of this study is to evaluate emotional control abilities of children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) aged from 9 to 15 years and to study repercussions of this supposed lack of abilities on cognitive capacities and behavioral troubles. The study also evaluate influence of the emotional symptomatology of patients on quality of parents' life and on the care of parents and scholar/institutional caregivers. In the second part of this study, the study evaluate the feasibility and the tolerance to a non-invasive device supposed to reduce emotional symptoms in this disease.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaires

Evaluation of behavioral disorders of children with PWS by questionnaires

DEVICE

t-VNS

Evaluation of the influence of 6 month-stimulation by t-VNS on emotional, cognitive, and behavioral/clinical characteristics of 12 children with PWS on 30 PWS patients included.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Toulouse

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maithé TAUBER, MD · University Hospital, Toulouse

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-07
Primary Completion
2020-12-07
Completion
2022-04-27

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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