Effects of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Brain Activity and Appetite

Laval University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hyperphagia

Treatments: Device: Noninvasive brain stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02758262

2016-478

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to identify brain mechanisms by which Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) could decrease hyperphagia. The investigators will synchronously deliver NIBS and measure brain activity in a randomized, crossover, sham-controlled, fully blind study. This work will reveal brain mechanisms to reduce hyperphagia and may contribute to new therapeutic avenues to treat this eating disorder.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hyperphagic

Exclusion criteria

• Psychiatric disorders
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Noninvasive brain stimulation: active

Active Comparator group

Description:

In active condition, subject will receive stimulation during all the duration of the experimental session.

Treatment:

Device: Noninvasive brain stimulation

Noninvasive brain stimulation: sham

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

In sham condition, subject will receive stimulation only at the beginning and at the end of the experimental session.

Treatment:

Device: Noninvasive brain stimulation