Status:
COMPLETED
Central Nervous Processing of Visual Food Stimuli in Severely Obese Subjects
Lead Sponsor:
Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Collaborating Sponsors:
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Competence Network for Adiposity funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FKZ: 01GI0837) and (FKZ: 01GI0849)
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-70 years
Brief Summary
Recent evidence has pointed to distinct alterations of brain functions in obese subjects some of which may even be causative for their obesity. The objective of this study was to examine food and non ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- women with BMI \> 35kg/m2
- women, who had undergone gastric bypass surgery at least one year ago
- lean women
Exclusion
- known psychiatric or neurological diseases
- current medication with drug acting on the central nervous system
- drugs that are known to affect eating behavior
- contraindication for the fMRI scanning, e.g. metal implants or metal containing tattoos
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
38 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01493583
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
March 12 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Interdisciplinary Obesity Center, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
Rorschach, Switzerland, 9400