Status:

COMPLETED

Decision Making, Daily Experiences, and Brain Activity in Young Adult Women

Lead Sponsor:

Mclean Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

Binge-Eating Disorder

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-40 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators are doing a study of women with and without binge-eating disorder to learn more about what happens when people engage in everyday decision-making activities. The investigators are in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Inclusion Criteria for All Participants:
  • Normal or corrected to normal vision and hearing
  • Verbal and written fluency in English
  • Right-handed
  • Body mass index of 20-35 kg/m\^2
  • Additional Inclusion Criteria for Participants with Binge-Eating Disorder:
  • • DSM-5 binge-eating disorder
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Exclusion Criteria for All Participants:
  • Impaired cognition or other neurological/cognitive problems
  • Contraindications to MRI (e.g., certain metal implants, claustrophobia)
  • Currently/recently/potentially pregnant, seeking to become pregnant in the near future, or breastfeeding
  • Serious and/or unstable medical diseases and conditions, and certain other medical diseases and conditions
  • Recent low weight
  • Certain medications (e.g., insulin)
  • Current/recent frequent recreational drug use, or history of frequent recreational drug use in early adolescence
  • Extreme dietary limitations (e.g., veganism), pervasive food allergies, or limited exposure to popular snack foods
  • Current/recent suicidality
  • Current/recent changes in treatment for mental illness
  • Study-relevant research experience
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for Comparison Participants:
  • Personal history of eating disorders or recurrent binge eating
  • Personal history of any other mental illness, including serious substance use problems
  • First-degree relative with current or past eating or psychotic disorder
  • Significant recent change in weight
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for Participants with Binge-Eating Disorder:
  • Severe mental illness (e.g., psychotic disorder, severe agoraphobia)
  • Certain other current/recent mental illness, including severe substance use problems, that would limit study participation or safety
  • Recent anorexia nervosa spectrum disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, or bulimia nervosa spectrum disorder

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 31 2019

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    June 27 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    77 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04125589

    Start Date

    December 31 2019

    End Date

    June 27 2025

    Last Update

    October 27 2025

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    McLean Hospital

    Belmont, Massachusetts, United States, 02478