Lamotrigine in the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder Associated With Obesity

NCT00277641 | Completed Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: 106531
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This research study is to evaluate the effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of lamotrigine therapy in the treatment of binge eating disorder associated with obesity. Lamotrigine has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of bipolar disorder, but has not been approved for use in the treatment of binge eating disorder with obesity.

Conditions

Binge Eating Disorder; Obesity

Keywords

Binge Eating Disorder Associated with Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The specific aims of this study are to examine the efficacy and safety of lamotrigine compared with placebo in outpatients with binge eating disorder associated with obesity.

  17 weeks

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

lamotrigine

Drug: Lamotrigine

2

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Drug: placebo

Interventions

Lamotrigine DRUG

25 mg or 100 mg

1

placebo DRUG

identical tablets to study drug

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients will meet DSM-IV-TR criteria for BED for at least the last 6 months, determined by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR (SCID) (61) and supported by the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) (62). These criteria are as follows:
• Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following:
• eating, in discrete period of time (e.g., within any two hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances
• a sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating)
• The binge eating episodes are associated with at least three of the following:
• eating much more rapidly than normal
• eating until uncomfortably full
• eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry
• eating alone because of being embarrassed by how much one is eating
• feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or feeling very guilty after overeating
• Marked distress regarding binge eating.
• The binge eating occurs, on average, at least two days a week for six months.
• Does not occur exclusively during the course of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.
• Obesity, defined by body mass index \> 30 kg/m2.
• Men or women, between the ages of 18 and 65.

You may not qualify if:

• Have current body mass index \< 30 kg/m2.
• Women who are pregnant or lactating and women of childbearing potential who are not taking adequate contraceptive measures. (All women of childbearing potential will have a negative pregnancy test before entering the study.)
• Subjects who are displaying clinically significant suicidality or homicidality.
• Subjects who are displaying a current clinically unstable depressive or bipolar disorder, defined as a Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) (63) \> 24 or a Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) (64) \> 8.
• A current or recent (within 6 months of the start of study medication) DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence.
• A lifetime history of a DSM-IV-TR psychotic disorder or dementia.
• History of a personality disorder (e.g., schizotypal, borderline, or antisocial) which might interfere with assessment or compliance with study procedures.
• Clinically unstable medical disease, including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, metabolic, endocrine or other systemic disease which could interfere with diagnosis, assessment, or treatment of binge eating disorder. Patients should be biochemically euthyroid prior to entering the study.
• History of seizures, including febrile seizures in childhood.
• Subjects requiring treatment with any drug which might interact adversely with or obscure the action of the study medication (e.g., stimulants, sympathomimetics, antidepressants, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, anti-obesity drugs).
• Subjects who have received psychoactive medication (other than zaleplon \[Sonata\] or zolpidem \[Ambien\] -- as needed for restlessness/insomnia) within one week prior to randomization.
• Subjects who have begun and/or are receiving formal psychotherapy (cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, or dietary behavioral therapy) for BED or weight loss within the past 3 months.
• Subjects previously enrolled in this study or have previously been treated with lamotrigine.
• Subjects who have received an experimental drug or used an experimental device within 30 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lindner Center of HOPE: lead
• GlaxoSmithKline: collaborator
• University of Cincinnati: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Lindner Center of HOPE

Mason, Ohio, 45040, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Guerdjikova AI, McElroy SL, Welge JA, Nelson E, Keck PE, Hudson JI. Lamotrigine in the treatment of binge-eating disorder with obesity: a randomized, placebo-controlled monotherapy trial. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009 May;24(3):150-8. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e328329c7b5.

  PMID: 19357528 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Binge-Eating Disorder; Obesity

Interventions

Lamotrigine

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding and Eating Disorders; Mental Disorders; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Triazines; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds

Study Officials

• Susan L. McElroy, MD

  Lindner Center of HOPE

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 12, 2006
• First Posted: January 16, 2006
• Study Start: March 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2009
• Study Completion: January 1, 2009
• Last Updated: June 22, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-06

Locations

US (1)