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Study NCT ID: NCT02892851
Status: UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted: 2016-09-08
First Post: 2016-08-18
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Deep Brain Stimulation of the Sub-Thalamic Nucleus to Treat Severe and Treatment-resistant Cocaine Addiction.
Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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Study Overview

Official Title: A Pilot Study of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Sub-thalamic Nucleus to Treat Treatment-resistant Cocaine Addiction With Severe Somatic or Psychiatric Complications
Status: UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date: 2016-08
Last Known Status: RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: STUC
Brief Summary: Cocaine addiction is a chronic condition with severe cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric and social complications. Cocaine is the second most consumed illicit drug in France. Its prevalence has been multiplied by 3 between 2000 and 2008, and is still on the rise. Craving, the compulsive need to consume, is a key feature of cocaine addiction. It is also predictive of treatment efficacy. However, there is no validated treatment for severe cocaine dependence yet. Response to current psychological and medical treatment is poor, with 73% relapse after 3 months. Patients with severe cocaine addiction are thus in a therapeutic deadlock.

To address these unmet medical needs, the investigators designed a pilot study (n=2) to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of the deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nuclei (STN-DBS) in severe cocaine addiction with at least one cardiac, neurologic or psychiatric complication. Indeed, compulsivity is a critical component of craving, and severe treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are already successfully treated using STN-DBS. Moreover, animal studies recently demonstrated a therapeutic effect of STN-DBS in rats addicted to cocaine. Together, these two lines of research suggest a therapeutic effect of STN-DBS in cocaine addiction mediated by an anti-obsessive mechanism on craving.
Detailed Description: None

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
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