Treatment for Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity; Binge Eating Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment; Behavioral: CBT and BWL; Behavioral: Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00537758

0204015334

R01DK049587 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a test of cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) and behavioral weight loss (BWL) treatments for obese patients with binge eating disorder (BED). The study involves a comparison of three treatment conditions: (1) CBT; (2) BWL, and (3) a sequential (two-part) treatment consisting of CBT followed by BWL.

Enrollment: 125 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Binge Eating
• Overweight

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Current cardiac disease
• Serious neurologic illnesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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125 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavior Therapy

2

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment

3

Experimental group

Description:

CBT + BWL

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT and BWL