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Comparing the Effectiveness of Three Types of Therapy for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents

NCT00183586 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 121

Last updated 2016-06-20

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Summary

This study will compare specific family therapy, standard family systems therapy, and standard individual psychotherapy to determine which is most effective in treating adolescent anorexia nervosa.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family therapy (FT)

FT is a family-based treatment that will be given for a total of 24 hours over the course of 12 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual therapy (IT)

IT is an ego-oriented psychotherapy treatment that will be given for a total of 24 hours over the course of 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Le Grange, PhD · University of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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