A Double Blind Clinical Trial of DCS for Food Anxiety
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Official title
A Double Blind Clinical Trial of DCS for Food Anxiety for Patients With Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
Brief summary
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This is a pilot study investigating if cycloserine (DCS; a learning enhancement medication) augments exposure therapy for food anxiety in patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa. The investigators expect that (a) exposure therapy will reduce anxiety (b) anxiety will be reduced more in the DCS relative to placebo condition (c) participants in the DCS condition will have a greater increase in Body Mass Index.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01996644
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 47 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 14 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2013
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2014
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2014
- Last update posted
- Mar 26, 2018
2013 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | St Louis | Missouri | 63130 | — |
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