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3-Dimensional Optical Scanning to Assess and Monitor Malnutrition in Eating Disorders (3D-ED) Study

NCT07726524 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2026-07-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with anorexia nervosa often become medically unstable because of severe malnutrition and require hospitalization for nutritional rehabilitation. Clinicians currently rely heavily on body weight to assess malnutrition, but body weight does not always reflect the severity of illness. This study will use infrared scanning to assess body composition in adolescents and young adults hospitalized with anorexia nervosa. Researchers will then examine how organ and tissue stores relate to the degree of malnutrition, predict nutritional needs and medical restoration in hospital, and recovery outcomes over the following year. The goal is to develop more individualized approaches to nutritional rehabilitation and improve recovery for individuals with malnutrition due to eating disorders.

Conditions

  • Anorexia in Adolescence
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical
  • Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating/Purging Type
  • Anorexia Nervosa Restricting Type
  • Anorexia Nervosa With Significantly Low Body Weight
  • Body Composition Changes
  • Growth & Development
  • Malnutrition Severe
  • Malnutrition, Calorie

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Hawaii

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, San Francisco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea K Garber, PhD, RD · University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
26 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2027-01-31
Primary Completion
2031-05-31
Completion
2031-05-31

Countries

  • United States

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