Evaluation of Capsulotomy by Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery in Severe and Refractory Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

NCT02500888 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 14-0341
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate, through a pilot study with about ten cases, if bilateral ventral capsulotomy by linear accelerator enable modification of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and quality of life in patients with severe and refractory obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and also investigate possible adverse effects / complications of the procedure.

Conditions

OCD; Quality of Life

Keywords

OCD; Neurosurgery; Radiosurgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in OCD symptoms

  Application of Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-Bocs) scale

  Every 3 months until 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• Change in quality of life.

  Every 3 months until 12 months

• Change in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) blood dosing

  12 months

• Change in psychological tests

  12 months

• Side effects and complications

  Every 3 months until 12 months

• Change in familial accommodation

  Every 3 months until 12 months

Study Arms (1)

Treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

Radiosurgery by linear accelerator.

Radiation: Radiosurgery

Interventions

Radiosurgery RADIATION

Only one radiation session of about 180 Gy in bilateral internal capsule.

Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• OCD diagnosis, according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as a major disease entity. If comorbidity with other psychiatric or personality disorders, OCD symptoms dominate the clinical picture and precede other disorders.
• Duration of OCD symptoms of at least five years.
• Scores range of the obsessive-compulsive symptoms "Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale" (YBOCS) greater than 26 (or greater than 13, if obsessions or compulsions alone).
• Fill up the criteria for refractory to prior treatments.
• Be accepted by the method of "best estimate" for defining the patient is refractory, which consisted of confirmation by at least two specialists obsessive-compulsive disorder that the patient fulfills the criteria for effective refractory to previous treatments.

You may not qualify if:

• History of head trauma or post-traumatic amnesia.
• Background of systemic or neurological diseases with brain impairment, severe and active.
• History of current use of substances capable of inducing psychopathological manifestations, or signs of cumulative effects of alcohol or drugs in the central nervous system (such as cortical atrophy), confirmed by neuroimaging.
• pregnancy or lactation.
• Refusal to submit to the radiosurgical procedure.
• Refusal to accept the informed consent form, or participate.
• History of mental retardation and / or inability to understand the informed consent, confirmed by neuropsychological tests of the initial evaluation.
• Lack of family or companion with proper capacity of understanding of the informed consent in patients with comorbid major depression or psychosis that could potentially have difficulty performing the appropriate judgment as to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035903, Brazil

RECRUITING

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MeSH Terms

Interventions

Radiosurgery

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Radiotherapy; Therapeutics; Stereotaxic Techniques; Neurosurgical Procedures; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Paulo Abreu, M.D.; Ph.D.

  Professor of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Paulo Abreu, M.D.; Ph.D.

CONTACT

555133598294; paulo.abreu@ufrgs.br

Marcelo Sousa, M.D.; M.Sc

CONTACT

555199557634; mbsousa@hcpa.edu.br

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 9, 2015
• First Posted: July 17, 2015
• Study Start: June 30, 2015
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2022
• Study Completion: June 30, 2022
• Last Updated: February 12, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)