Effects of Brain Stimulation on Food Intake and Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00739362

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : August 21, 2008

Last Update Posted : April 1, 2021

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Information provided by (Responsible Party):

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) )

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	July 31, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date :	July 31, 2022

Publications:

Gluck ME, Alonso-Alonso M, Piaggi P, Weise CM, Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg R, Reinhardt M, Wassermann EM, Venti CA, Votruba SB, Krakoff J. Neuromodulation targeted to the prefrontal cortex induces changes in energy intake and weight loss in obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Nov;23(11):2149-56. doi: 10.1002/oby.21313.

Le DS, Pannacciulli N, Chen K, Salbe AD, Del Parigi A, Hill JO, Wing RR, Reiman EM, Krakoff J. Less activation in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the reanalysis of the response to a meal in obese than in lean women and its association with successful weight loss. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Sep;86(3):573-9. Erratum in: Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Feb;87(2):463. Del Parigi, Angelo [added].

Heinitz S, Reinhardt M, Piaggi P, Weise CM, Diaz E, Stinson EJ, Venti C, Votruba SB, Wassermann EM, Alonso-Alonso M, Krakoff J, Gluck ME. Neuromodulation directed at the prefrontal cortex of subjects with obesity reduces snack food intake and hunger in a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec;106(6):1347-1357. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.158089. Epub 2017 Oct 18.

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