Understanding Binge Eating Disorder in Adults A Study on How Emotion Regulation, Thinking Skills, and Eating Patterns Affect Treatment and Recovery

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are exploring distinct profiles among adults with binge eating disorder BED by examining their eating behaviors, emotion regulation, and executive functions. This observational study aims to identify subgroups based on these characteristics and assess how these groups relate to treatment outcomes and symptom remission over time. The study focuses on understanding how early changes in symptoms could predict recovery in BED. Participants will receive usual treatment, mainly psychotherapy incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy, with some sites adding narrative or interpersonal therapy. Questionnaires will be completed before treatment, 10 weeks into treatment, at the end of treatment up to 30 weeks, and during 6- and 12-month follow-ups. The study is conducted at three treatment centers offering this standard care. During the study, participants will complete various questionnaires assessing binge eating episodes, eating disorder pathology, functional impairment, well-being, emotion regulation, executive function, and depressive symptoms. These assessments occur at baseline, during treatment, at the end of treatment, and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Researchers will monitor symptom trajectories and treatment outcomes to better understand BED and factors influencing recovery.

Profiling the Dynamic of Binge Eating Disorder (PRODY-BED)