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Dopamine Release to Food Reward in Bulimia Nervosa

NCT03471806 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-03-21

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Summary

This study will assess the role of dopamine responses to food reward in Bulimia Nervosa patients, by performing simultaneous Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance (MR) scanning. The dopamine response will be measured before and after treatment, and will be compared to healthy controls.

Conditions

  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Food Reward

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Food reward at baseline

Exposure to a combination of anticipatory (viewing high-calorie food images) and consummatory food reward (drinking sips of chocolate milkshake), at baseline.

BEHAVIORAL

Food reward after treatment

Exposure to a combination of anticipatory (viewing high-calorie food images) and consummatory food reward (drinking sips of chocolate milkshake), at the end of inpatient treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lukas Van Oudenhove, Prof. dr. · Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-16
Primary Completion
2020-02-29
Completion
2020-05-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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