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Table 1 Part II patient visit content

From: SipNose-topiramate: a potential novel approach to binge eating management

Visit # and time

Content

Visit 1 time = 0

Screening

Signing consent form (ICF)

Confirming eligibility for study participation

Detailed review of past medical history

Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) [41]

Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) [42]

Review of concomitant medications and general health status in the week preceding the visit

Demographics, including height

Weight measurement

Complete physical examination, including nasal mucosa examination

Drawing safety screening laboratory blood and urine samples

Urine pregnancy test for women

t0 baseline: Clinician Global Impression (CGI-S) [52] and Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Binge Eating Scale (Y-BOCS-BE) [44, 52]

 

Diaries

Training on diary documentation during the baseline period

Electronic diary system (e-Diary) training, including the two diary forms (Diary #1 and Diary #2) patients were requested to fill during the study

Receiving e-Diary IFU, a user name and password

Patients were requested to complete the diaries during the subsequent two weeks, aimed to characterize their binge-eating behavior (Diary #1)

Visit 2

BP 2nd week

Time = 2 week

Baseline period–assessment

t2 - CGI-S

t2 - Y-BOCS-BE

Number of binge-eating days per week

Number of binge-eating events per week

 

Decision to include/exclude. Criteria to continue including the patient in the study

Completed diaries (visit 2—have to show at least 2 binge-eating days per week)

Laboratory baseline that shows no deviation from required value

 

Guide for included patients

Receiving treatment kits to cover the maximum allowed treatments per one week which are sufficient for use prior to the next visit

Receiving a quick reminder of how the product shall be used, and how to fill the diaries

Visit 3:

TP 1st week

Time = 3 week

Treatment period—assessment 1

Review of possible adverse events

Return the devices from the 1st treatment week

Review the e-diaries of the 1st treatment week and receive inputs which could potentially improve completion of the e-diaries and data collection

t3 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Receive devices for the next two (2) treatment weeks

Visit 4:

TP 2nd week

Time = 4 week

Review of possible adverse events

Review e-Diaries with the study staff and receive inputs

t4 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Visit 5:

TP 3rd week

Time = 5 week

Review of possible adverse events

t5 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Return the devices of the preceding two (2) treatment weeks

Receive devices for the next two (2) treatment weeks

Visit 6:

TP 4th week

Time = 6 week

Review of possible adverse events

t6 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Visit 7:

TP 5th week

Time = 7 week

Review of possible adverse events

t7 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Return the devices of the preceding two (2) treatment weeks

Receive devices for the subsequent three (3) treatment weeks

Visit 8

TP 6th week

Time = 8 week

Review of possible adverse events

t8 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Visit 9:

TP 7th week

Time = 9 week

Review of possible adverse events

t9 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Visit 10:

8th weekend of TP

Time = 10 week

Review of possible adverse events

Physical examination

Drawing of laboratory blood samples for safety testing

Return the devices of the preceding three (3) treatment weeks

t10 - CGI-S and Y-BOCS-BE scores

Weight measurement

  1. BP baseline phase, TP treatment phase, CGI-S clinician global impression, YBOCS-BE Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive binge eating scale