Personalized Treatment for Eating Disorders Versus CBT-E Trial

NCT05195840 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2026-03-24

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Summary

The scientific premise, developed from past work, is that treatment personalized based on idiographic models (termed Network Informed Personalized Treatment; NA-PT) will outperform the current gold-standard treatment (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: CBT-E). The study goals are to (1) develop and test the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of a randomization of NA-PT versus CBT-E and (2) to test if network-identified precision targets are the mechanism of change. These goals will ultimately lead to the very first personalized treatment for ED and can be extended to additional psychiatric illnesses. Specific aims are (1) To collect preliminary data on the feasibility and acceptability of the randomization of NA-PT (n=40) for EDs versus CBT-E (n=40), (2) To test the initial clinical efficacy of NA-PT versus CBT-E on clinical outcomes (e.g., ED symptoms, body mass index, quality of life) and (3) To examine if changes in NA-identified, precision targets, as well as in dynamic network structure, are associated with change in clinical outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized Treatment for Eating Disorders

The first three sessions consist of diagnosis and general psychoeducation on EDs and treatment for ED. After mobile-assessment is complete, Session 4 includes psychoeducation on the network-informed model of personalized treatment and 14 sessions (sessions 5-19) are focused on the top three targets (4-5 sessions per target). Session 20 is a termination and conclusion session.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders

The first three sessions consist of diagnosis and general psychoeducation on EDs and treatment for ED. After mobile-assessment is complete, Session 4 consists of food monitoring, addressing irregular eating, challenging thoughts, making adaptive behavioral changes, and relapse prevention. Session 20 is a termination and conclusion session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Louisville

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cheri A Levinson, PhD · University of Louisville

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-06
Primary Completion
2025-11-30
Completion
2026-01-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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