Association Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa in Outpatients With Eating Disorders

ADHD Clinical Trial

Official title:

Association Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa in Outpatients With Eating Disorders

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00916071
• Other study ID #: 2007-P-002374
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 5, 2009
• Last updated: March 7, 2013
• Start date: October 2008
• Est. completion date: February 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2013
• Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To understand whether a relationship exists between eating disorders and ADHD, we seek to clarify the prevalence of ADHD in individuals with eating disorders. To this end, we will estimate the prevalence of ADHD, and other neuropsychiatric disorders, in outpatients with history of an eating disorder diagnosis. Secondarily, we will identify patterns of cognitive deficits in outpatients with history of an eating disorder diagnosis. We will also examine whether ADHD in this population is associated with functional and familial correlates associated with ADHD.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: February 2010
• Est. primary completion date: February 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female outpatients between, and including, 18 and 55 years of age with a history of eating disorder diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any clinically unstable psychiatric conditions such as: acute psychosis, acute panic, acute obsessive compulsive disorder, acute mania, acute suicidality, acute substance use disorders (alcohol or drugs), and sociopathy.

• Any metabolic, neurological, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, hematological, opthalmic, or endocrine disease that would confound ability to participate in valid assessments.

• Mental retardation (IQ <75).

• Organic brain disorders.

• Non-English speaking subjects will not be allowed into the study because the assessment instruments are unavailable and have not been adequately standardized in other languages.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ADHD
• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Bulimia
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Disease
• Eating Disorders
• Hyperkinesis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital	The Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	We will identify the lifetime rate of mental health conditions using structured clinical interviews in subjects with a lifetime history of eating disorders and compare the rate of these conditions to that of non-ED control subjects.		1 time	No