Comparing Two Group Therapy Treatments for Binge Eating Disorder

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Eating Disorders

In brief

This study will compare two different approaches for the treatment for Binge Eating Disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00071578

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

101

Starts

2003-10-01

Expected to finish

2007-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder
• Reside in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Willing to commit to the study requirements

You may not qualify if…

• Unstable medical problems
• History of bipolar illness or schizophrenia
• Receiving treatment for an eating disorder (or unwillingness to discontinue treatment upon study entry)
• Membership in weight-loss groups such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig (or unwillingness to discontinue membership upon study entry)
• Use of medications affecting weight or appetite. Antidepressants are acceptable, but doses of any psychiatric medication must have been stable for at least 3 months prior to study start
• Breast-feeding
• Require gastric-bypass surgery

Where it is running

• Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, California, United States

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