View clinical trials related to Anorexia Nervosa.
Filter by:This study will compare the effectiveness of two different family treatments for the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa.
Several studies in the past suggest that individuals who have or had anorexia nervosa may have alterations in brain serotonin. Serotonin seems to play an important role in regulating anxiety, mood, and other symptoms found in anorexia nervosa. We will be using a technology called Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which is a method used to take pictures of the body, in this case, the brain. Study participants will undergo two baseline PET scans on the first day of the study. They will then be given a medication called fluoxetine (also know as Prozac) to take for 8 weeks. At the end of the 8th week, they will return for a third PET scan. By comparing the brain scans, before and after fluoxetine treatment, we can understand more about how treatment with fluoxetine affects the serotonin receptors in the brain. We will be comparing brain serotonin system in women who have recovered from anorexia with healthy control women who have never had an eating disorder in order to gain a better understanding of changes in the serotonin system associated with eating disorders. This study may help shed light on how to make fluoxetine a more effective treatment for anorexia nervosa.
The aim of this study is to determine serum concentrations of adiponectin (ApN), leptin and ghrelin in different stages of anorectic patients and to evaluate their relationships between biochemical, hormonal and anthropometric parameters.
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of adding cognitive remediation therapy to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating people with anorexia nervosa.
This study compared 10 weeks of treatment with olanzapine versus placebo in adolescent females with anorexia nervosa-restricting type who were undergoing acute treatment on an inpatient unit or a day hospital program that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders.
Research studies raise the possibility that medications such as quetiapine may improve mood or reduce obsessions in people with anorexia nervosa and may even help to normalize appetite. The medication quetiapine also known as seroquel works by activating certain systems in the brain, such as ones known as dopamine and serotonin chemical systems in the brain.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the hormone dynamics in women with anorexia nervosa and hypothalamic amenorrhea is related to bone loss in those populations.
This research study is being held at UCSD to determine whether the medication Quetiapine helps people suffering from anorexia nervosa by reducing core eating disorders symptoms. This study will see if the medication Quetiapine helps symptoms of anxiety, depression, and obsessionality, in addition to increasing BMI. Men and women between the ages of 18-65 and are currently suffering from anorexia nervosa are needed.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether giving insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I) to adolescent low weight girls is safe and whether this increases levels of bone formation markers.
The objective of this trial is to examine the cephalic phase insulin response (CPIR) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) release as indicators of the cephalic phase occurrence and magnitude to palatable food stimulus in anorectic and bulimic subgroups as compared to healthy controls