Feasibility of Combining Family and Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Chronic Anorexia

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa

Treatments: Behavioral: FBT and art therapy; Behavioral: FBT and CRT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02054364

Grant Funding Number (NIH) (Other Grant/Funding Number)

1R34MH101281

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of combining Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) with Family Based Treatment (FBT) for future use in a randomized clinical trial to reduce the risk of adolescents developing persistent Anorexia Nervosa. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group will receive FBT and CRT, and the other group will receive FBT and art therapy.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 19 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Meets DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa Lives with at least one English-speaking parent who is willing to participate Medically Stable Endorses obsessions/compulsions Adequate transportation to clinic Proficient at speaking, reading, and writing English

Exclusion criteria

• Previous FBT or CRT for AN Medical Instability Medical condition that may affect eating or weight

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

FBT and CRT

Experimental group

Description:

Family-Based Treatment combined with Cognitive Remediation Therapy (15 sessions of each)

Treatment:

Behavioral: FBT and CRT

FBT and art therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Family-Based Treatment combined with art therapy (15 sessions of each)

Treatment:

Behavioral: FBT and art therapy