Treatment of Anxiety and Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Anxiety, Anorexia Nervosa

In brief

Adolescents with anorexia nervosa frequently have associated anxiety, and standard medications used for anxiety are unhelpful when patients are malnourished. This is a 12 week trial examining the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of fish oil nutritional supplements for anxiety in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01933243

Run by

Andrea Bonny

People needed

24

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-23

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Females admitted to Nationwide Children's Hospital Eating Disorder Partial Hospitalization Program

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to take pills
• Co-morbid medical conditions affecting appetite and weight (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, cystic fibrosis)
• Co-morbid psychiatric conditions affecting appetite and weight (e.g., bipolar disorder, substance abuse)
• Currently taking fish oil supplements
• Inability to participate in study for 12 consecutive weeks.

Where it is running

• Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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