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Deep Brain Stimulation in Severe Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

NCT04919785 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2021-06-09

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Summary

Deep brain stimulation is an established treatment for movement disorders. New indications for deep brain stimulation are under investigation, among them severe and treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Here, the investigators investigate clinical outcomes, safety and mechanism of action of DBS in the BNST in a series of 11 participants with severe therapy-refractory OCD.

Conditions

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

DEVICE

Deep brain stimulation

Stereotactic functional neurosurgery was first developed in 1947 and is today an established treatment for movement disorders. The surgical procedure is initiated by mounting a stereotactic frame on the head of the patient and a magnetic resonance image (MRI) is performed. Using a computerized navigational system the target structure is identified on the MRI and a trajectory chosen. In the operating theatre a burrhole is made on each side of the midline for the implantation of two electrodes. The electrodes are about 1.3 mm in diameter with several contacts at their distal end. An extension cable is tunneled under the skin, connecting the electrodes with a neuropacemaker placed below the clavicle in a subcutaneous pocket. The hospitalization time after surgery is dependent on the time needed for programming of the device, but the patients can usually return home within 3-5 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Umeå

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2019-01-31

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