Psychiatric Neurosurgery (PNS) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A Qualitative Analysis of Patient and Family Member Experiences

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychiatric Neurosurgery (PNS) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A Qualitative Analysis of Patient and Family Member Experiences

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02537795
• Other study ID #: s58187
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 21, 2015
• Last updated: January 26, 2016
• Start date: August 2015
• Est. completion date: April 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2015
• Source: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
• Contact: Simon Raymaekers, MD
• Phone: 003216342690
• Email: simon.raymaekers[@]uzleuven.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Federal Agency for Medicinal Products and Health Products
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study the investigators will use semi-structured interviews to qualitatively analyse patient and family member experiences with either deep brain stimulation or other forms of psychiatric neurosurgery.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: April 2016
• Est. primary completion date: April 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• (family member of) patient who has previously been treated with deep brain stimulation or anterior capsulotomy

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Compulsive Behavior
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Intervention

Device:
• deep brain stimulation
Electrical stimulation of the anterior limb of the internal capsule or bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Procedure:
• anterior capsulotomy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	UZ Leuven	Leuven	Vlaams-Brabant

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Semi-structured Interview	A semi-structured interview of patients and one of their family members will be conducted. Patients and family members will be interviewed separately. The interview will consist of several open ended questions around several themes. The interviews for patients and family members will have their own focus. Patient interviews will focus on living with OCD, living with PNS and the decision making process leading to the PNS procedure. Family member interviews will focus on their own experience in their interaction with OCD patients both before and after PNS	up to 180 months after surgery	No