Uniting Couples In the Treatment of Eating Disorders (UNITE)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Binge-eating Disorder, Eating Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a novel couple-based intervention for binge-eating disorder (BED).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02419326

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

11

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Participant with BED:
• Subject currently meets criteria for BED or sub-threshold symptoms, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Ed)
• Concurrent outpatient therapy and medical monitoring
• Health insurance coverage
• Both members of the couple:
• English speaking and able to read
• Involved in a committed relationship for at least 6 months regardless of sexual orientation (couple is not required to live together)
• Willing to participate in treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Participant with BED:
• Post-bariatric
• Both members of the couple:
• Alcohol or drug dependence in the last year
• Current significant suicidal ideation
• Severe depression that would seriously interfere with functional capacity
• Developmental disability that would impair the ability to benefit from intervention
• Any psychosis, schizophrenia, or bipolar I disorder, unless stably remitted on maintenance therapy for at least 1 year
• Moderate to high levels of physical violence from either partner as reported on the Conflict Tactics Scale-2 at pre-treatment
• Unwillingness to forgo non-protocol concurrent couples therapy
• Previously participated in the preliminary couples treatment study UCAN: Uniting Couples (in the treatment of) Anorexia Nervosa (NCT01740752)

Where it is running

• UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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