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Long-term Follow-up in Patients With Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Completed
Conditions
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Interventions
Device: Deep Brain Stimulation
Registration Number
NCT01879254
Lead Sponsor
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Brief Summary

For this human research, 17 treatment-refractory OCD patients who already received DBS implants for treatment refractory OCD between June 1998 and October 2007 will be included. New patients that complete the protocol on "refining the target for DBS in OCD" will be included in this follow-up study as well. They will be psychiatrically evaluated on regular bases: at least twice yearly in the years two to five after surgery, at least once a year for the years thereafter. The duration of this protocol is indefinite, but spans at least 10 years. The main aim of this study is to investigate the long-term effect of DBS in OCD patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients who have received DBS implantation for the treatment of OCD
Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
DBS for OCDDeep Brain Stimulation-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)up to 10 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UZ Leuven

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Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

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