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Family Therapy for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa

NCT00518843 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2013-09-05

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Summary

The primary hypotheses are:

* A procedurally distinct family therapy is an effective and essential way to reduce bingeing and purging in adolescents with BN, and leads to the long-term amelioration of bulimic symptoms.
* Family therapy is an effective way to bring about meaningful improvements in family interaction.
* Family therapy will produce significantly larger reductions in bulimic symptoms and improved family interaction in adolescents with BN compared to a control supportive psychotherapy.

Conditions

  • Bulimia Nervosa

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

FBT-BN

Mobilizing parents to curtail binge eating and purging

BEHAVIORAL

SPT

Supportive the individual patient to explore factors that might underlie the eating disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Le Grange, PhD · The University of Chiacgo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-04-30
Primary Completion
2006-05-31
Completion
2006-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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