Adaptive Family Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01579682 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 18, 2012
Last Update Posted : April 13, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Anorexia Nervosa | Behavioral: Family-Based Therapy (FBT) Behavioral: Family-Based Therapy with Intensive Family-Focused treatment | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 90 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Adaptive Family Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa |
Study Start Date : | September 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2015 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Psychotherapy
Family-Based Therapy (12 sessions)
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Behavioral: Family-Based Therapy (FBT)
12 sessions of FBT over the course of 6 months. |
Experimental: Family-Based Therapy with Intensive Family-Focused Treatment
The patient will receive 4 sessions of Family-Based therapy, and if the participant does not make adequate weight gain within this time period, will be assigned to Intensive Family-Focused Therapy (IFT).
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Behavioral: Family-Based Therapy with Intensive Family-Focused treatment
FBT for 4 weeks then Intensive Family-Focused treatment (IFT) should the participant not make adequate weight progress within the time frame. |
- Full remission from AN (%MBW>95) [ Time Frame: End of Treatment (6 months) ]Weight restoration to at least 95% of Median body weight (calculated by height, weight, gender, and age)
- Changes in subscale scores of the EDE [ Time Frame: End of Treatment (6 months) ]Eating Disorder Examination subscale measures (weight concern, shape concern, dietary restraint) within 1 standard deviation of normative scores.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa
- Lives with at least one English-speaking parent who is willing to participate
- Medically Stable
- Adequate transportation to clinic
- Proficient at speaking, reading, and writing English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous FBT for AN
- Medical condition that may affect eating or weight

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01579682
United States, California | |
Stanford University | |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305 | |
United States, Illinois | |
University of Chicago | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 |
Principal Investigator: | James D Lock, MD, PhD | Stanford University | |
Principal Investigator: | Daniel LeGrange, PhD | University of Chicago |
Responsible Party: | James Dale Lock, Principal Investigator, Stanford University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01579682 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SPO 49694 SPO 49798 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: NIMH ) |
First Posted: | April 18, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 13, 2016 |
Last Verified: | April 2016 |
Eating Disorder Anorexia Nervosa Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Maudsley |
Family-Based Therapy FBT Family Therapy |
Anorexia Anorexia Nervosa Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders |