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UCAN: Uniting Couples in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

NCT00928109 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2012-11-09

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Summary

UCAN is a research program funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and is part of the UNC Eating Disorders Program. UCAN aims to help couples work together in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Couples participate in UCAN over a period of six months and return for follow-up treatment three months after the end of the original six-month period. Patients receive weekly individual therapy, monthly psychiatry consultations, monthly dietary consultations in addition to being randomized to one of two types of weekly couples therapy. Participation in UCAN can help participants gain new confidence in facing anorexia as a team and can help us understand how best to involve partners in the treatment of eating disorders.

Conditions

  • Anorexia Nervosa

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CBCT

Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy - weekly manualized couples therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Family Supportive Therapy

Couples meet once a week for an hour for a period of 20 weeks for couples therapy. Family Supportive Therapy is not manualized and is the standard form of care at the UNC Eating Disorders Program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia M Bulik, PhD · UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry

  • Donald Baucom, PhD · UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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