Family Treatment for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT01280799
• Date of registration: 19/01/2011
• Primary sponsor: Towson University
• Public title: Family Treatment for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
• Scientific title: Acceptance Based Separated Family Treatment for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
• Date of first enrolment: May 2009
• Target sample size: 22
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01280799
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Alix Timko, PhD

• Name: Alix Timko, PhD
• Affiliation: Towson University/University of the Sciences

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adolescent is between 12-18 years of age and living in home with caregivers

- Parent or primary caregiver willing to attend therapy sessions

- Adolescent meets diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa (either restricting or
binge/purge subtype) or subthreshold AN (relaxation of weight criterion to 90% of
ideal body weight as determined by weight history and CDC growth curves) or eating
disorder not otherwise specified (with restricting as the primary symptom) according
to the DSM-IV TR

- Adolescent is appropriate for outpatient care and receives medical clearance from a
primary care physician

Exclusion Criteria:

- Caregiver or adolescent with a co-morbid diagnosis of psychotic disorder, bi-polar
disorder, or substance dependence

- Caregiver or adolescent with diagnosis of mental retardation or a pervasive
developmental disorder

- Adolescent with a diagnosis of eating disorder not otherwise specified with the
primary symptoms of bingeing and purging, binging without compensatory behaviors or
spitting food or with restricting patterns but a BMI greater than 90% ideal weight
(as determined by weight history and CDC growth curves)

- Adolescent with extreme malnutrition or other medical complications/ diagnoses that
require a higher level of care

- Acute suicide risk



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Anorexia Nervosa

Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Primarily Restriction

Subthreshold Anorexia Nervosa

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Acceptance-based separated family treatment

Primary Outcome(s)

Body Mass Index (BMI [Time Frame: 9 months (6 months active treatment, 3 months follow-up)]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Eating Disorder Examination (16.0D) [Time Frame: 9 months (6 months of treatment and 3 month follow-up)]

Secondary ID(s)

R21MH08597

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Duke University

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia