Personalized Treatment for Eating Disorders Versus CBT-E Trial

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Conditions studied: Eating Disorders

In brief

The scientific premise, developed from past work, is that treatment personalized based on idiographic models (termed Network Informed Personalized Treatment; NA-PT) will outperform the current gold-standard treatment (Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: CBT-E). The study goals are to (1) develop and test the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of a randomization of NA-PT versus CBT-E and (2) to test if network-identified precision targets are the mechanism of change. These goals will ultimately lead to the very first personalized treatment for ED and can be extended to additional psychiatric illnesses. Specific aims are (1) To collect preliminary data on the feasibility and acceptability of the randomization of NA-PT (n=40) for EDs versus CBT-E (n=40), (2) To test the initial clinical efficacy of NA-PT versus CBT-E on clinical outcomes (e.g., ED symptoms, body mass index, quality of life) and (3) To examine if changes in NA-identified, precision targets, as well as in dynamic network structure, are associated with change in clinical outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05195840

Run by

University of Louisville

People needed

80

Starts

2022-04-06

Expected to finish

2026-01-29

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-65
• Meets criteria for DSM-5 defined AN, BN, BED, or OSFED (Atypical AN and Atypical BN)
• Not currently receiving psychological treatment focused on ED

You may not qualify if…

• Under 18
• Over 65
• Does not meet criteria for DSM-5 defined AN, BN, BED, or OSFED (Atypical AN and Atypical BN)
• High and active Suicidality
• Active Mania
• Medically Compromised Status including extremely low weight - less than or equal to 75% median BMI for age, sex, and height
• Simultaneous psychological treatment focused on ED

Where it is running

• Eating Anxiety Treatment Laboratory and Clinic — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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