Open vs. Blind Weighing Study In Adolescents and Young Adult With Eating Disorders

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Conditions studied: Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa

In brief

Current treatments for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with eating disorders (EDs) do not effectively address a central ED symptom - anxiety about weight gain - which contributes to poor outcomes. The proposed study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, efficacy, and underlying mechanisms of an enhanced version of "open weighing," a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to target anxiety about weight gain in AYAs with EDs. Understanding how to better treat AYAs with EDs, and identifying the mechanisms by which interventions lead to improvement, will aid in the development of more effective and personalized treatments, ultimately improving the lives of AYAs with EDs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06085092

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

70

Starts

2023-10-31

Expected to finish

2026-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-23

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 24. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be English speakers.
• Participants must be between the ages of 12 - 24 years who have been admitted to either the adolescent or young adult Partial Hospital Program (PHP) for eating disorders (EDs) at Penn State Hershey.
• Participants must also present with an eating disorder (ED) diagnosis that is characterized by anxiety about weight gain, such as anorexia nervosa (AN), Bulimia nervosa (BN), or their subthreshold presentations captured under the other specific feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) category.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants will be excluded if they are above the age of 24 or below the age of 12 years.
• Participants who have been identified as non-English speakers.
• Participants with cognitive impairment will also be excluded from participation.
• Potential participants will be excluded if they do not meet the diagnostic inclusion criteria noted above.
• individuals with a diagnosis of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, as these individuals do not experience anxiety about weight gain will be excluded.

Where it is running

• 905 W Govener Rd — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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