Technology Assisted Treatment for Binge Eating Behavior

HabitAware

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Binge-Eating Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Reminder control condition; Behavioral: Smartwatch app to deliver binge-eating CBT strategies

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05829941

132180

Details and patient eligibility

About

Binge-eating behavior is a central feature of eating disorders (e.g., binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa-binge-eating/purging subtype) and is associated with higher rates of psychopathology, psychosocial impairment, medical comorbidity, and more severe obesity, all of which pose significant public health problems. Passive detection of binge eating episodes combined with a context-based reminder intervention could assist a patient in resuming healthy eating patterns. This study will test a smartwatch app that identifies binge eating behavior and provides CBT strategies to the patient after the episode.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adults ≥18 years of age
2. EDE diagnosis of bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder, with binge-eating episodes occurring at least 2x/week

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnancy or lactation
2. Acute medical or psychiatric risk
3. Psychosis or bipolar disorder (lifetime history)
4. Current substance use disorder within the past six months
5. BMI less than 18.5 kg/m2
6. Acute suicidality requiring hospitalization
7. Food allergies
8. Receiving current psychotherapy
9. On psychotropic medications that have not been on a stable dose for at least six weeks

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

HabitAware condition

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive the device which messages the participant after a passively detected binge-eating episode with CBT strategies.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smartwatch app to deliver binge-eating CBT strategies

Reminder Condition

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive a device that vibrates randomly throughout the day as a reminder not to binge eat.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reminder control condition