Status:
UNKNOWN
Excessive Avoidance Behaviors in Anorexia Nervosa: the Role of Reward
Lead Sponsor:
Bram Vervliet
Conditions:
Eating Disorders
Anxiety
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-40 years
Brief Summary
This study investigates excessive avoidance behaviors in patients with a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) compared to a healthy control group. The study further examines the role of reward (relief) ...
Detailed Description
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a life-threatening mental disease with a disappointing treatment outcome. Fear of weight gain and diet restrictions are considered the core symptoms of AN. Although from a dia...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- For the AN group, patients need to be physically strong and sufficiently emotionally stable
- For the healthy group, the investigators will recruit participants without a previous or current history of psychiatric, cardiovascular, neurological or other relevant disorder
Exclusion
- For the AN group, the investigators will exclude patients who are insufficiently emotionally stable and/or physically weak to participate in the study as estimated by the treating physicians of the units on which the patients are admitted
- Insufficient verbal skills to understand the questionnaires and the computer task
- Participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04405440
Start Date
May 1 2019
End Date
September 1 2021
Last Update
May 28 2020
Active Locations (2)
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1
Psychiatry | UZ Leuven campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium, 3000
2
University of KU Leuven, Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische Wetenschappen
Leuven, Belgium, 3000