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Sensory Workshops and Anorexia Nervosa

NCT02793102 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2016-06-08

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Summary

In the literature the use of olfactory dimension in the treatment of anorexia has not been verified experimentally. The investigator hypothesize that the therapeutic use of a dietary nature olfactory stimuli in anorexia nervosa promotes food recovery. The team propose a prospective study over a period of 12 months in which we use the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the primary endpoint of the state of anorexia nervosa patients.

Conditions

  • Anorexia

Interventions

OTHER

Olfactory workshop

Twenty odorants are selected: 10 evoke a food (including 5 pleasant and unpleasant 5) and 10 suggest a non-food source

OTHER

Somesthesia workshop

Kinesthetic time or time for moving the body (30 min), and kinesthetic sensations (duration 10 min), and Talk Time

OTHER

Auditory workshop

Twenty extracts of music tracks (30 seconds each) are built in the same fashion as those used during the workshops, but are different.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondation Lenval

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Florence ASKENAZY, MD · Fondation Lenval

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

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