Determining the Response to Sipping Beverages Without Swallowing in People With Eating Disorders
Completed
Conditions studied: Eating Disorders
In brief
This study will use a sipping and spitting exercise to better understand the brain's response to food intake in people with eating disorders.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00353548
- Run by
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2005-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-07-23
Who can join
Age: 16 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- For participants with bulimia nervosa:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for bulimia nervosa
- Duration of illness is 1 year
- Self-induces vomiting
- Weighs between 85 and 120% of ideal weight
- For participants with anorexia nervosa:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa (amenorrhea will not be required for study inclusion)
- Medically stable
- For participants with binge eating disorder:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for binge eating disorder
- Duration of illness is 1 year
- Body Mass Index (BMI) is at least 30
- For healthy participants:
- Weighs between 80 and 120% of ideal weight
You may not qualify if…
- For participants with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder:
- Significant medical illness
- At risk for suicide
- Currently taking medication
- History of drug or alcohol abuse within 6 months prior to study entry
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Axis I psychiatric disorder requiring pharmacotherapy
- Axis I psychiatric disorder that could impair ability to participate in the study (e.g., mania, psychosis)
- Comorbid binge eating disorder and an Axis I illness other than major depression
- For healthy participants:
- Current or history of psychiatric illness
- History of any eating disorder
- Significant medical illness
- Currently taking medication
- History of drug or alcohol abuse within 6 months prior to study entry
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
Where it is running
- New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
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