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Cognitive Processes Study in Obese Women With and Without Eating Disorders

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hyperalimentation and Obesity
Interventions
Procedure: electroencephalography
Biological: Blood sampling
Behavioral: Questionnaires regarding eating habits (TFEQ, EDI) and anxiety/depression (HAD)
Registration Number
NCT01948414
Lead Sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Brief Summary

The P300 is one of the cognitive wave of the Event-Related Potential (ERP) that is used to investigate the cognitive process. The P300 component are accepted as electro-physiological markers of neuropsychiatric disorders like alcoholism or drug addiction.

Recent scientific data suggest that eating disorders, leading to weight gain and obesity, will be similar of those of drug addiction: it is the incentive sensitization theory that implicates the dopaminergic reward system.

The aim of this cross-sectional study is to investigate the alteration of P300 auditory ERP in obese women with eating disorders in comparison with obese and lean women without eating disorders.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
108
Inclusion Criteria
  • women
  • Aged from 20 to 55 years
  • Fasting glycemia under 7mmol/L
  • Lean women : women with BMI from 18.5 to 24.5 and disinhibition score to Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)lower or equal to 8
  • Obese women without eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal to 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ lower or equal to 8
  • Obese women with eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ strictly higher to 8
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject not in compliance with the recommendations of French National Law in force
  • Medical history of diabetes and surgery history of obesity
  • Drug use that could affect the ERP recording
  • Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale : evaluation subscale (anxiety and/or depression) strictly higher to 11

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Obese women without eating desordersBlood samplingObese women without eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal to 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ lower or equal to 8
obese women with eating disordersQuestionnaires regarding eating habits (TFEQ, EDI) and anxiety/depression (HAD)Obese women with eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ strictly higher to 8
Obese women without eating desorderselectroencephalographyObese women without eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal to 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ lower or equal to 8
Lean womenelectroencephalographyLean women : women with BMI from 18.5 to 24.5 and disinhibition score to Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)lower or equal to 8
Lean womenQuestionnaires regarding eating habits (TFEQ, EDI) and anxiety/depression (HAD)Lean women : women with BMI from 18.5 to 24.5 and disinhibition score to Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)lower or equal to 8
obese women with eating disordersBlood samplingObese women with eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ strictly higher to 8
obese women with eating disorderselectroencephalographyObese women with eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ strictly higher to 8
Obese women without eating desordersQuestionnaires regarding eating habits (TFEQ, EDI) and anxiety/depression (HAD)Obese women without eating disorders : women with BMI higher or equal to 35 and disinhibition score to TFEQ lower or equal to 8
Lean womenBlood samplingLean women : women with BMI from 18.5 to 24.5 and disinhibition score to Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)lower or equal to 8
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
P300 amplitudeAt the beginning of the exploration visit (when patient is fasting) that will take place between 1 and 15 days after inclusion

The auditory event-related potentials measure will be elicited with an auditory oddball paradigm. The activity will be recorded thanks to electroencephalography from frontal, central and parietal electrodes, using an electrode cap.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
assessment of dietary restraints and disinhibitionfasting (up to 15 days)

Participants will complete self-report questionnaires including Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire and Eating Disorders Inventory. The lean subjects should not have TFEQ disinhibition score more than 8. The obese subjects will be separated on two groups depending on TFEQ dishinibition score (strictly greater than 8, the obese with eating disorder, less than or equal 8, obese without eating disorder).

Dietary intake and eating patternsAt day 1 and at day 15

Women will be interviewed by dietician, using a 24 h food questionnaire with additional questions regarding health and eating habits

glucose, insulin, leptin and ghrelin plasmatic ratefasting (up to 15 days)

respectively reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), ImmunoRadio Metric (IRMA) and ELISA assay

Auditory ERP ( latency P300, amplitude and latency of N2 wave recorded from frontal, central and parietal electrode)fasting (up to 15 days)

The technique of auditory ERP will be an auditory discriminated task paradigm

dopamine D2 receptor Taq 1 polymorphismfasting (up to 15 days)

Real time PCR

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CRNH Rhône-Alpes /CENS Centre Européen pour la Nutrition et la Santé Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud - Pavillon médical 165, chemin du Grand Revoyet

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Pierre Bénite, France

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