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Guided Self Help for Eating Disorders Implementation Study

NCT06851273 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2026-05-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Eating disorders are amongst the most understudied illnesses affecting young women in Canada. Further, mortality rates are amongst the highest of all psychiatric illnesses. Despite their high prevalence and mortality rates, research into adolescent eating disorders is underfunded in Canada. In addition to the problem of research underfunding, healthcare system underfunding exists - creating long waiting lists and fragmented care for children and youth with eating disorders. More efficient treatments are urgently needed to reduce wait times and provide expedited care to adolescents on eating disorder waitlists. The current study aims to assess whether implementing a virtual parent-lead therapy, Guided Self Help Family-Based Therapy (GSH FBT) might alleviate wait times for eating disorder services and also reduce eating disorder symptomatology in young people with anorexia nervosa. This study also aims to determine the experiences of both families and medical teams of GSH FBT implementation as an intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided Self Help Family Based Therapy (GSH FBT)

Each family will participate in ten virtual sessions of GSH FBT with a trained GSH practitioner local to their provincial study site. Parents will meet their coach for a 60-minute onboarding session where the parents/caregivers are familiarized with the video platform used in treatment. Then, the treatment consists of ten virtual 20-minute sessions over 6 months. In GSH FBT, the parents weigh the adolescent patient prior to the session, on the same day as the session, and report the weight to the coach. Throughout treatment, parents have access to an online platform with a series of videos that outline the core components of FBT: the urgency to act, parental empowerment, medical complications, strategies to use during and after mealtime, and how to externalize the illness. In line with GSH approaches, coach-therapists direct parents to watch or review videos and text content rather than directly affecting behavioral change.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-28
Primary Completion
2027-08-30
Completion
2027-12-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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