"Self-consciousness and the Inter-subjective Body"

Anorexia Nervosa Clinical Trial

— Narcisse  

Official title:

"Narcisse & Echo : Self-consciousness and the Inter-subjective Body"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01964456
• Other study ID #: D13-P001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 14, 2013
• Last updated: February 27, 2015
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: June 2014

Study information

• Verified date: February 2015
• Source: Centre Hospitalier St Anne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: France: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that bodily self-consciousness is subjectively and inter-subjectively constituted and that some dimensions of the bodily self-consciousness are impaired in Anorexia nervosa.

Description:

Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder, with high level of mortality. Anorexic patients often experience a serious disturbance in body and their own shape perception.

We hypothesize that bodily self-consciousness is co-constituted by four subjective dimensions which are all inter-subjectively open: in encountering others, one's body is experienced as

1. objectified,

2. the bearer of inter-subjective feelings,

3. an inter-subjective agent and

4. the anchor of an inter-subjectively negotiated perspective.

Across several experiments, we sought to determine which dimension of bodily self-consciousness is altered in Anorexia Nervosa compared to healthy subjects.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 39
• Est. completion date: June 2014
• Est. primary completion date: April 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women

• From 18 to 35 years old

• Understanding and being fluent in French

• Hospitalized or followed in consultation for Anorexia nervosa (Restrictive Anorexia or Purge according to the MINI)

• Informed consent signed by the patient

• Diagnosis of Anorexia according to her psychiatrist (and confirmed by the DSM IV) with a BMI between 11 and 18.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Somatic Pathology (cancer, cardiac, renal or respiratory insufficiency, central neurological affection), evolutionary, or risking to be life-threatening within less than year

• Neurological Histories (neurological pathology susceptible to alter attentionnal capacities or field of vision and vision of colors (Encephalitis, Degenerative Brain tumour (méningiome, gliome, astrocytome), Congenital Neurodegenerative Pathology, Multiple sclerosis, Amyotrophic side Hardening, Epilepsy)

• Neuroleptic or psychotropic Treatment in doses inferring a slumber, a disorder of the concentration

• Dyschromatopsie

• No insurance

• Comorbidity of psychiatric type

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anorexia
• Anorexia Nervosa

Intervention

Other:
• Joint perception task

Behavioral:
• Body Shape Questionnaire

Other:
• Measure of the heart rate

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne	Paris

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier St Anne	The Volkswagen Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Joint perception task	Recording of the ocular behaviour in anorectic during the joint perception task.	1 week	No
Secondary	Body Shape Questionnaire	Body Shape Questionnaire	1 week	No