# Deep Brain Stimulation Effects in Patients With Chronic Refractory Obesity

> **NCT04453020** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **donald whiting**

## Conditions studied

- Obesity

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** DBS of the LHA

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04453020
- **Lead sponsor:** donald whiting
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2022-02-07
- **Primary completion:** 2024-11-01
- **Final completion:** 2024-11-01
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The advent of GLP-1 medications for obesity has hampered successful recruitment. No subjects were consented nor enrolled into this study since the start date.
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-27

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04453020

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04453020, "Deep Brain Stimulation Effects in Patients With Chronic Refractory Obesity". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04453020. Licensed CC0.

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