Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Binge Eating Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT-Guided Self Help; Behavioral: Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02043496

PSYCH-2016-22310

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to test a newly developed individual psychotherapy treatment for binge eating disorder in adults. This treatment is a type of individual psychotherapy called Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy (ICAT) that focuses on helping people change their behaviors, feelings, thoughts about themselves, and relationships. This new treatment is being compared to an existing treatment called Cognitive-Behavior Therapy-Guided Self Help (CBTgsh), which focuses on changing behavior patterns through the use of reading and homework assignments along with sessions with a therapist. The primary hypothesis of this investigation is that ICAT will be associated with greater reductions in binge eating at end of treatment and follow-up compared to CBTgsh.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Binge eating disorder (DSM-5)

Exclusion criteria

• History of gastric bypass surgery
• Medical condition acutely affecting eating and/or weight
• Current medical and/or psychiatric instability (e.g., acute suicidality)
• Psychosis and/or bipolar disorder
• Severe cognitive impairment or developmental disability
• Inability to read English
• Current substance use disorder
• Current participation in psychotherapy and/or commercial weight loss program
• Change in dosage and/or frequency of psychotropic medication in the past 6 weeks
• Pregnant or breast feeding
• BMI < 21

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

CBT-Guided Self Help

Experimental group

Description:

Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy CBT-Guided Self Help

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT-Guided Self Help

Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy is a psychotherapy treatment for binge eating that focuses on changing behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and relationships

Treatment:

Behavioral: Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy