View clinical trials related to Feeding and Eating Disorders.
Filter by:This study is a pilot clinical trial of a new guided self-help CBT for binge eating. Participants will complete an intake assessment; following determination of eligibility, participants will then complete four months of treatment (weekly guided self-help sessions). At the end of treatment, participants will complete an interview with a research clinician to assess outcomes.
The hypothesis of the study is that low-cost self-completion questionnaires relating to eating disorder symptoms will predict the subsequent results of a detailed, semi-structured interview assessment of eating disorder symptoms that has been calibrated according to expert clinical diagnostic case thresholds. Eating disorders are recognised as a research priority among healthcare professionals, adults with lived experience, and their carers alike. There is a need for measurement methods that can reliably and systematically identify symptoms of common forms of eating disorder, including those fulfilling agreed diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. Effective diagnostic interview tools can facilitate early detection of eating disorders. To develop rules for determining whether diagnostic criteria for eating disorders are met, a study involving adults referred to specialist eating disorder services is required. In this study, assessments by eating disorder clinicians will be compared with researcher assessments using a semi-structured interview assessment, the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry version 3 section 9 (SCANv3s9). The study population will consist of 100 adult patients referred to specialist eating disorder services, including patients whose referrals are accepted by these services, as well as those who are not. Clinical assessments and structured interview assessment findings will also be compared with those from widely used screening tools for eating disorders, the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire short-form and the SCOFF (Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food) questionnaire. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Short-Form (EDE-QS) and the SCOFF (Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food) questionnaire in adults referred to specialist eating disorder services, in a comparison with the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry subsection on eating disorders and specialist NHS clinician assessments of the probability of eating disorder. This will help develop appropriate and accurate benchmarks for estimating the prevalence of eating disorder symptoms and clinical diagnoses, in adults referred to specialist eating disorder services, as well as the wider population (through combining the findings from this study with those of the community 2023 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey).
The main goal of this observational study is to measure the prevalence of binge eating disorder in liver transplant patients by evaluating the responses to the Bulimia Test. Secondary objectives of the study are to: - Determine the prevalence of binge eating disorders in liver transplant patients following alcoholic cirrhosis, evaluated by the Bulimia Test; - Study the association between the presence of eating disorder behaviours and liver damage : hepatic steatosis and fibrosis determined by Fibroscan (Transient elastography and controlled attenuation parameter) - Study the association between presence of eating disorder behaviours and alcohol use disorder, measured by Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption
Feeding problems such as selective eating, loss of appetite, and mealtime behavior problems are common in childhood. Parents play a primary role in learning about feeding, and difficulties experienced in this process may cause the parent to experience stress, despair and exhibit incorrect attitudes. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of online occupational therapy group training for mothers on mothers' attitudes and stress levels, and children's eating behaviors. Mothers of children aged 3-6 years with feeding problems (n=29) were randomly divided into groups. Early Childhood Adaptive Eating Behavior Scale, Feeding Process Mother Attitudes Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scales were used for evaluation. The mothers in the research group participated in the 4-week training. As a result of the research, positive effects were found on mothers' attitudes and children's eating behaviors (p<0.05). There was no change in mothers' state and trait anxiety levels (p>0.05). This study shows that online group training to mothers can support existing therapies and guides clinicians working in the field.
Current treatments for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with eating disorders (EDs) do not effectively address a central ED symptom - anxiety about weight gain - which contributes to poor outcomes. The proposed study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, efficacy, and underlying mechanisms of an enhanced version of "open weighing," a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to target anxiety about weight gain in AYAs with EDs. Understanding how to better treat AYAs with EDs, and identifying the mechanisms by which interventions lead to improvement, will aid in the development of more effective and personalized treatments, ultimately improving the lives of AYAs with EDs.
This 2-site effectiveness trial will test whether a brief dissonance-based obesity prevention program delivered in single sex groups combined with food response and attention training will produce significantly larger weight gain prevention effects than an educational video control condition. An effectiveness trial is important to test whether this program reduces risk for unhealthy weight gain when delivered by real world clinicians under ecologically valid conditions, which is an important step toward broad implementation. A secondary aim focuses on eating disorder symptom prevention effects. A sample of 17-20 year olds with weight concerns (N = 120) will be randomized to single sex Project Health groups with food response and attention training or an educational video control condition. Participants will complete assessments at baseline, posttest, and 6- and 12-month follow ups.
The goal of this therapeutical intervention trial is to investigate whether tactile-kinesthaetic and oral sensorimotor stimulation can improve gastrointestional function in preterm infants born before gestational age of 30 weeks and newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The main question it aims to answer is: • To determine whether HAPTOS- intervention (Handling Adapted to Postnatal age with Tactile-kinaesthetic and Oral sensorimotor Stimulation) in the particpants results in earlier attainment (postnatal days) of full enteral feeding and/or full oral feeding (post menstrual age) compared to standard care. Researchers will compare an intervention group receiving standard of care plus HAPTOS intervention to a group of patients receiving only current standard of care.
Single site evidence-based implementation of a mHealth application for remote patient monitoring for pediatric patients ready to wean from tube feedings (TFs). The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the CHAMP® ("CHAMP App") software platforms' expansion into TF weaning through Children's Mercy (CM) Kansas City's interdisciplinary feeding team (IDC). The investigators will use the current standard of care rates of tube weaning success, time to weaning, and healthcare team communication to evaluate the change after the implementation of the evidence-based CHAMP App. For equipoise of access, the study team will provide access in this pre-post design for parent/legally authorized representative (LAR)- child family access and use the CHAMP App software platform as soon as possible.
The aim of this observational study is to elucidate the biopsychosocial (including neural, psychological, and social) basis of eating disorders (EDs). The investigators will use functional and structural neuroimaging, psychological as well as environmental data to identify both shared and distinct behavioural/neural processes across ED diagnoses. The investigators will use advanced statistical methods such as machine learning based models. The investigators will carry out analysis on the data already collected in the STRATIFY (Brain network based stratification of reinforcement-related disorders, IRAS ID 218030) and IMAGEN studies (Reinforcement-related behaviour in normal brain function and psychopathology, reference PNM/10/11-126), including participants with Anorexia Nervosa (N=60), Bulimia Nervosa (N=52), Binge eating disorder (N=27) and healthy controls. In addition, the investigators will recruit 30 new participants with a binge eating disorder using the original STRATIFY study protocol to enlarge the binge eating disorder group, so that its sample size is comparable to the other groups. Participants will complete online questionnaires, take an online clinical interview, and undergo a research visit, including brain scans, collection of blood and urine samples, and assessment using a range of cognitive and behavioural measures.
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of GGTCA-AD to decrease the maladaptive beliefs associated with eating disorders (ED) in non-clinical adolescent population. Specifically, a randomized controlled trial with parallel design and two groups (experimental and control) will be carried out in adolescents aged 13-15 years to assess the changes pre and post use of the app. It is expected that after the use of the GGTCA-AD app for 14 days, at the primary level, a: decrease in the degree of ascription to dysfunctional beliefs associated with ED; and at the secondary level: increase in body satisfaction and self-esteem; decrease in eating symptomatology; and no changes in emotional symptomatology. These results are also expected to be maintained in subsequent follow-up at 1 month.