RECRUITING

Identifying Networks Underlying Compulsivity in Anorexia Nervosa for Targeting With Neuromodulation

Study Overview

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Description

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of refractory Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Anorexia nervosa (AN) is characterized by restrictive eating leading to low weight and associated complications. There is an emerging understanding that the symptoms of OCD and AN overlap as AN can be characterized by obsessive thought patterns around food and compulsive restricting and weight loss behaviors. Both conditions are characterized by a propensity toward cognitive inflexibility and the conditions may share neural substrates that maintain maladaptive habitual behaviors and cognitive rigidity. An evidence-based repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) target for OCD is the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). The investigators intend to determine if the OFC is also a potential rTMS target for AN and to determine if there is a characteristic pattern of functional network reorganization as characterized by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in TMS responders.

Official Title

Identifying Networks Underlying Compulsivity in Anorexia Nervosa for Targeting With Neuromodulation

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-10-16
Study Completion:2025-09
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06138782

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 45 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * outpatients
  2. * ages 18 - 45 for Aim 2
  3. * meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria for AN
  4. * stable on chronic psychotropic medications for 4 weeks prior to the study and agreeable to continue throughout the study
  5. * participants may continue to take medications and record daily usage throughout the study
  6. * capacity to provide informed consent
  7. * ability to tolerate clinical study procedures
  8. * successfully complete the screening forms without any contraindications
  1. * Psychiatric: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, prior psychosurgery, prior electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
  2. * Neurologic: severe neurocognitive disorder, seizure disorder, certain structural brain lesions (e.g., intracranial mass lesions, hydrocephalus, sequelae of meningitis)
  3. * TMS contraindications: implanted device; presence of metal in the head, including eyes and ears (excluding dental implants); certain tics; medications or systemic illness that predispose seizure risk
  4. * Subjects with an unstable physical, systemic, or metabolic disorder (e.g., unstable hypertension)
  5. * Females who are pregnant or nursing
  6. * Inability to complete the research study

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Andrew M Lee, MD, PhD
CONTACT
415-476-7000
AndrewMoses.Lee@ucsf.edu
Sasha Gorrell, PhD
CONTACT
415-502-2716
Sasha.Gorrell@ucsf.edu

Principal Investigator

Andrew M Lee, MD, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, San Francisco

Study Locations (Sites)

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94107
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

  • Andrew M Lee, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-10-16
Study Completion Date2025-09

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-10-16
Study Completion Date2025-09

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • anorexia
  • AN
  • anorexia nervosa
  • OCD
  • obsessive
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Anorexia Nervosa