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Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment for Individuals With Food Addiction (FA Pilot)

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Yale University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Weight Loss
Overweight and Obesity
Food Addiction

Treatments

Behavioral: Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) counseling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04311450
2000027229

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to examine how well an existing weight loss treatment works for individuals with food addiction. Treatment will consist of a preliminary 12-week RCT pilot of the feasibility and effectiveness of behavioral weight loss (BWL) compared to a waitlist control.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • BMI 25-50 kg/m2
  • Meets criteria for Food Addiction (based on the self-report score from the Yale Food Addiction Scale)
  • Available for the duration of the treatment (3 months)
  • Read, comprehend, and write English at a sufficient level to complete study-related materials.
  • Availability of internet to participate in study interventions (i.e., electronic SMART scales)

Exclusion criteria

  • Co-existing psychiatric condition that requires hospitalization or more intensive treatment (e.g., bipolar mood disorders, psychotic illnesses, severe depression).
  • Reports active suicidal or homicidal ideation
  • Current anorexia or bulimia nervosa
  • Endorsing current or history of heart trouble/chest pain.
  • Breast-feeding or pregnant, or planning to become pregnant during the study.
  • History of stroke or myocardial infarction.
  • Current or recent (within 12 months) drug or alcohol dependence
  • Currently receiving effective treatment for eating or weight loss, including individual who received bariatric surgery within the past five years
  • Currently participating in another clinical study.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

50 participants in 2 patient groups

Behavioral Weight Loss
Experimental group
Description:
Behavioral: Participants randomized assigned to this arm will received 12 weeks of Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) counseling.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) counseling
Waitlist Control
No Intervention group
Description:
Waitlist Control: Participants assigned to this arm will attend follow-up visits to control for the effect of time. Following completion of post-treatment assessment participants in the waitlist control group will be offered an abbreviated BWL treatment.

Trial contacts and locations

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