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Clinical trialNCT01933113CompletedInterventional

Deep Brain Stimulation Effects on Weight Change and Metabolic Rate

SponsorAllegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)Enrollment3Obesity
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Summary

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This study focuses on lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for severe obesity. In a previous pilot study, three subjects were implanted with a DBS electrode into the LHA under an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) and IRB approved study at West Virginia University. That study demonstrated the safety of DBS of the LHA in these patients. These patients, who met the enrollment criteria of having prior placement of LHA DBS in accordance with previous study protocol, were eligible for this study with a goal of determining optimal DBS settings.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Allegheny Health Network

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Aug 2013
Primary completion
31 Jul 2015
Completion
31 Jul 2015
Last update posted
27 Oct 2025
Registered enrollment
3
Registry id
NCT01933113
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.