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Look at Food and Lose Your Fear - Evaluation of a Computerized Attention Training (CAT) for Anorexia Nervosa Patients

NCT02484599 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2015-07-08

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the therapeutic effects of a computerized attention training for patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). The primary aim is to determine if a computerized attention training can modify attention towards food and ameliorate eating disorder symptoms and related difficulties, such as anxiety. The secondary aim is to explore underlying mechanisms that contribute to these improvements. The stability of potentially observed effects over a one-month period will also be determined.

Conditions

  • Anorexia Nervosa

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Computerized attention training (CAT)

Three sessions of active computerized attention training.

BEHAVIORAL

Sham computerized attention training (control condition)

Three sessions of sham computerized attention training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • King's College London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jessica Werthmann, PhD · Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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