Cortisol, Hippocampus, and Insula in Anorexia Nervosa.

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Conditions studied: Anorexia Nervosa, Stress

In brief

EXCENTRICC is a platform for scientific collaboration between different disciplines, all working on a common theme: adrenocortical hormones. In this EXCENTRICC sub-study, associations are studied between cortisol levels and depression, anxiety, disease severity and hippocampal and insula volume in the brain in anorexia nervosa.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05931549

Run by

Odense University Hospital

People needed

80

Starts

2023-09-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-02-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women who fulfill the criteria for AN according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), version 5 (APA, 2013).
• BMI < 16.

You may not qualify if…

• Current treatment with glucocorticoids.
• Current use of oral contraceptives.
• Unstable acute somatic comorbidity, e.g., infection.
• Any kind of metal prostheses or -implants.

Where it is running

• Odense University Hospital — Odense, Denmark (enrolling)

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