Evaluation of Compulsive Exercise Group Therapy for Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders in Adolescence Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Control Trial Study Evaluating a Compulsive Exercise Group for Adolescent Inpatients With Eating Disorders

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04552639
• Other study ID #: 281456
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Newbridge House
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aims to generate hypotheses about whether a group intervention is effective in reducing motivation to compulsive exercise and/or eating disorder psychopathology when compared with a control group. This will be explored through a Randomized Control Trial.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 11 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inpatients at Newbridge House

• Aged 11-18

• Primary diagnosis of any form of eating disorder

• Females

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previously received NEAT group at Newbridge House

• Aged under 10 years

• Severe learning disability

• Inpatients without compulsive exercise behaviours

• Day patients

• Co-morbid psychosis

• Males

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Eating Disorders in Adolescence
• Feeding and Eating Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Newbridge Eating disorders Activity Treatment group
A compulsive exercise cognitive-behavioural based group, for children and adolescents diagnosed with an eating disorder. It was devised for eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder. This treatment is semi-structured and problem-oriented, which focuses on tackling the factors and processes that maintain compulsive exercise behaviour.
• Newbridge House treatment as usual
Multi-disciplinary eating disorder treatment (including; psychiatry, individual therapy, group therapy, dietetic support, occupation therapy and nursing excluding NEAT group).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Newbridge House	Birmingham

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Newbridge House

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Compulsive Exercise Test		Week 1 and week 7
Secondary	Change in Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire		Week 1 and week 7