Acquisition and Utilization of Skills Using Innovative Smartphone Application for Regular Eating (ACQUIRE)

Drexel University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Disorder; Bulimia Nervosa; Bulimia; Binge Eating; Purging

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT+ application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03673540

1802006074

R34MH116021 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study seeks to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, target engagement, and validity of an innovative smartphone application with ecological momentary interventions to augment cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Meets criteria for bulimia nervosa or sub-threshold bulimia nervosa with subjective binge episodes (objective binge episodes or subjective binge episodes AND compensatory behaviors at least 1 time per week on average for the past 3 months)
• BMI >17.5
• Have a smartphone device
• Willing and able to use smartphone device to track food intake multiple times per day for 16 weeks

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year
• Currently experiencing severe psychopathology that would limit their ability to engage in study (e.g. suicidality, substance use disorder, psychotic disorder)
• Have previously received a full trial of CBT for bulimia nervosa
• History of bariatric surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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61 participants in 1 patient group

CBT with smartphone application (EMI on)

Experimental group

Description:

CBT with CBT+ smartphone application (EMI on)

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT+ application