Status:

COMPLETED

Eating Concerns and Compulsivity

Lead Sponsor:

University of Oxford

Conditions:

Anorexia Nervosa in Remission

Eating Disorder

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study uses a computational task to examine differences in adaptive learning to both rewards and punishments between three groups: those who have recovered from anorexia nervosa, those who score h...

Detailed Description

This study involves using a novel computational task (the volatility task, designed by Dr Michael Browning) to examine differences in adaptive learning in terms of sensitivity to environmental change ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
  • Females aged 18 to 45 years.
  • BMI over 18.5 and has remained so for the last year.
  • Participant is a fluent English speaker. Inclusion: recovered from anorexia
  • Past formal diagnosis of AN (defined by DSM-5 criteria).
  • Fully recovered: Score must be below 2.767 on the EDE-Q, below 16 on the CIA, and below 20 on the EAT-26 or partially recovered: scores may be above 2.767, 16 and 20 respectively.
  • Inclusion: high scoring on EAT-26
  • Score above 20 on the EAT-26 questionnaire. Inclusion: healthy control
  • Score below 2.767 on the EDE-Q, below 16 on the CIA, and below 20 on the EAT-26.

Exclusion

  • Any current diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder which in the investigator's opinion could impact study results (e.g. significant depression, anxiety or OCD).
  • Any current psychotropic medications.
  • Current regular cigarette smoking of over 5 cigarettes per day.
  • Recent use of illicit drugs.
  • Alcohol intake which indicates an element of alcohol abuse; or unwillingness to refrain from drinking the night before the study visit.
  • Exclusion for high scoring EAT-26
  • • A former formal diagnosis of an eating disorder. Note that in this group a current diagnosis of EDNOS will not be an exclusion criterion.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 18 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

82 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03450291

Start Date

August 18 2017

End Date

June 1 2018

Last Update

July 6 2018

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 7JX