TENS in the management of obesity

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity due to excess calories,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/08/020858
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Deepak Agrawal

Brief Summary

This will be a open label pilot study aimed to find the effect of  transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of T6 dermatome on appetite and weight loss in obese individuals. Interventions will be carried out once a week and for 12 weeks. The outcome measures will be level of appetite on visual analogue scale, weight and BMI evaluated before intervention, on each intervention day and 8 weeks after final treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-08-26
• Study Completion: 2020-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI > 30 kg/m2 2.
• Appetite level on VAS ≥ 3 3.
• Dietary treatment failure.

Exclusion Criteria

• Any known endocrine disease resulting in obesity 2.
• Evidence of metabolic, neurological, psychiatric, gynecological and cardiovascular disorders 3.
• Any evidence of infection or malignant conditions 4.
• Previous abdominal surgeries 5.
• Withdrawal of consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Appetite level: A visual analogue scale (VAS) will be used to measure the appetite level. The scale is caliberated from 0 to 100 with mm interval. VAS (0mm) is considered as "not at all hungry and (100 mm) is "as hungry as I have ever felt". The other side of the scale with marking only 0 and 100 will be shown to subjects and they will mark their current appetite level.	1. Baseline | 2. on each intervention session | 3. 8 weeks after the final intervetion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Weight will be measured by caliberated standardized weigh machine.	2. BMI: After weight and height measurement by measuring tools,BMI will be calculated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; 🇮🇳 South, DELHI, India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

🇮🇳South, DELHI, India

Pradeep kumar sahu

Principal investigator

8384065426

pksahu9938@gmail.com