NCT04877158: SBPI

Pilot Intervention for Social Biases in Eating Disorders

Completed NA Last updated 7 May 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Self-Blame and Perspective-Taking Intervention in Eating Disorders in 29 participants. Completed in 20 July 2019.

Timeline

31 January 2018

Primary endpoint
20 July 2019

20 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	29
Start date	31 January 2018
Primary completion	20 July 2019
Estimated completion	20 July 2019
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Self-Blame and Perspective-Taking Intervention

Conditions studied

• Eating Disorders — all drugs for Eating Disorders →
• Anorexia Nervosa — all drugs for Anorexia Nervosa →
• Bulimia Nervosa — all drugs for Bulimia Nervosa →
• Binge-Eating Disorder — all drugs for Binge-Eating Disorder →

Sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Who can join

Adults 18 to 64, female only, with Eating Disorders or Anorexia Nervosa. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Both behavioral, psychological, and cognitive differences related to social cognitive function have been related to illness-state in eating disorders, but interventions that directly target these problems are limited. This pilot intervention explores whether a brief art-therapy team-building intervention coupled with psychoeducation about social behavior can change self-concept or clinical symptoms in patients with eating disorders. Participants will complete pre-treatment assessments related to social behaviors and clinical symptoms, attend four two-hour group sessions, and provide two follow-up post-treatment assessments at 1-4 weeks after the treatment and 3-5 months later. Comparisons between the pre-intervention data and the first follow-up will be the primary outcome measures. The primary hypotheses are that participants will show increases in self-esteem and positive self-attributions and decreases in eating disorder symptoms after the intervention. The secondary hypothesis is that other clinical symptoms (depression, anxiety) will be improved after the intervention. Feedback from participants about their experience with the study will assess perceived benefits as well as acquisition of the psychoeducation targets.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Qualitative patient experiences from the Self-Blame and Perspective-Taking Intervention for eating disorders.
   Hagan WS, Mericle S, Hunt BJ, Harper JA, et al · · 2021 · cited 5× · PMID 34649621 · DOI 10.1186/s40337-021-00483-9