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Open vs. Blind Weighing Study In Adolescents and Young Adult With Eating Disorders
Led by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Updated on 2025-09-23
70
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
139 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Current treatments for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with eating disorders (EDs) do not effectively address a central ED symptom - anxiety about weight gain - which contributes to poor outcomes. The proposed study evaluates the feasibility, acceptability, efficacy, and underlying mechanisms of an enhanced version of "open weighing," a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to target anxiety about weight gain in AYAs with EDs. Understanding how to better treat AYAs with EDs, and identifying the mechanisms by which interventions lead to improvement, will aid in the development of more effective and personalized treatments, ultimately improving the lives of AYAs with EDs.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Open vs. Blind Weighing Study In Adolescents and Young Adult With Eating Disorders
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participants must be English speakers.
- Participants must be between 12 and 24 years old.
- Participants must have been admitted to the adolescent or young adult Partial Hospital Program for eating disorders at Penn State Hershey.
- Participants must have an eating disorder diagnosis characterized by anxiety about weight gain, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or subthreshold presentations under OSFED.
You will not qualify if you...
- Participants younger than 12 or older than 24 years.
- Non-English speakers.
- Participants with cognitive impairment.
- Participants without the specified eating disorder diagnoses involving anxiety about weight gain.
- Individuals diagnosed with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
905 W Govener Rd
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
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Research Team
J
Jamal Essayli, Ph.D
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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