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Uniting Couples in the Treatment of Binge-Eating Disorder

NCT03784820 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2023-04-11

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a novel couple-based intervention for binge-eating disorder (BED) relative to an established evidence-based individual treatment (cognitive-behavioral therapy-enhanced; CBT-E) in a community clinic setting.

Conditions

  • Binge-Eating Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

UNITE

UNITE includes three stages: early treatment (psychoeducation and understanding the couple's experience of BED within the relationship); mid-treatment (effective communication, interpersonal problem-solving, and emotion regulation skills), and late treatment (relapse prevention). Additional relevant topics may be covered including body image, weight stigma, weight and health concerns, and intimacy and sexuality issues.

BEHAVIORAL

CBT-E

CBT-E includes four stages: an introductory stage (psychoeducation, normalization of eating patterns, and symptom self-monitoring); a second, brief stage (review progress and formulate plans for the subsequent treatment phase); a third stage (elimination of dieting, reducing shape checking and avoidance behaviors, educating about mood tolerance, and targeting overevaluation of shape and weight); and the fourth stage (maintaining progress and minimizing relapse risk).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Utah

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Bulik, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • Donald Baucom, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-09
Primary Completion
2022-03-05
Completion
2022-03-05

Countries

  • United States

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