Reward Systems and Food Avoidance in Eating Disorders
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Official title
Reward Systems and Food Avoidance in Adolescents With Low Weight Eating Disorders
Brief summary
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The researchers plan to explore brain networks involved in emotion processing and learning using a brain scan and test meals. One core feature of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is eating a small number of high-calorie or high-fat foods. By studying why individuals with AN are disgusted by food or other eating situations, the researchers will be able to understand more about the neurobiological pathways that lead to restricting food intake and food avoidance. This study also aims to find whether one of two short-term interventions (Interoceptive Exposure (IE); Family-Based Therapy (FBT)) affects connections in the brain and if the treatments affect food avoidance. IE is an intervention that helps reduce anxiety about eating. FBT is an intervention that motivates patients to eat through working with family to increase the value of eating and decrease the value of avoiding foods.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02795455
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 90 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Interoceptive Exposure (IE) Behavioral
- Family Based Therapy-Weight Gain Control (FBT-WG) Behavioral
- meal replacement shake Dietary Supplement
Behavioral · Dietary Supplement
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 12 Years to 18 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 2016
- Primary completion
- Jul 28, 2021
- Completion
- Jul 28, 2021
- Last update posted
- May 6, 2025
2016 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York | New York | 10029 | — |
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