Status:

RECRUITING

Qualitative Evaluation of Change Processes in Multifamily Therapy for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

Conditions:

Anorexia Nervosa

Eligibility:

All Genders

6+ years

Brief Summary

Anorexia nervosa is a characterised disorder which forms part of the wider spectrum of eating disorders. It is a common pathology, particularly in adolescence, with a complex, severe prognosis in both...

Detailed Description

Anorexia nervosa is a characterised disorder which forms part of the wider spectrum of eating disorders. It is a common pathology, particularly in adolescence, with a complex, severe prognosis in both...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Families who have taken part in a multifamily group on anorexia nervosa, i.e. :
  • Parents (or any adult identified as a referent by the teenager), teenagers and siblings (over 6 years old) who have taken part in multi-family therapy (people from the teenager's family who have not taken part in the group will not be included),
  • Adolescents aged 12 to 20,
  • Adolescents with anorexia nervosa according to DSM5 criteria,
  • Adolescents treated at the Maison des Adolescents at Cochin Hospital,
  • Non-opposition of adolescents, their parents and siblings.
  • It will be possible to include in the study a parent or sibling whose adolescent did not wish to take part in the research but who participated in the MFT group.

Exclusion

  • Contraindication to multifamily therapy (i.e. any family situation that makes it impossible to bring parents and children together in family therapy without changing the setting (parents stripped of parental authority, educational removal measure, mediated visits, etc.),
  • Any patient whose main diagnosis is not anorexia nervosa according to DSM5 criteria.
  • Patients with an autistic spectrum disorder, a chronic psychotic disorder or an intellectual disability as their primary or secondary diagnosis according to DSM 5.
  • Participants under curatorship or guardianship
  • Participants not covered by a Social Security scheme.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2023

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

138 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06091306

Start Date

December 1 2023

End Date

May 1 2027

Last Update

September 12 2025

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University Hospital Cochin, Maison des Adolescents - Youth Department (Maison de Solenn)

Paris, Île-de-France Region, France, 75014