EXI(ea)T for adolescents - Get out of binge eating

Phase 2

Recruiting

Conditions: bulimia nervosa based on DSM-5binge eating disorder based on DSM-5bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder of low frequency and/or limited duration based on DSM-5

Registration Number: DRKS00024009

Lead Sponsor: IVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN MAINZ der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

Female adolescents between 14.01 and 18.11 years of age
- Presence of either a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED) or its atypical forms (BN/BED of low frequency and/or limited duration) based on DSM-5
- At least three objective binge eating episodes within the last three months with subjective distress or relevant impairment in psychosocial functioning due to the binge eating episodes
- Informed Consent (for underage participants also that of the legal guardian).

Exclusion Criteria

- Acute suicidality
- Anorexia nervosa
- Severe psychopathological abnormalities outside the eating disorder symptoms (mild to moderate comorbidities do not lead to exclusion)
- Indication for inpatient treatment (e.g. BN or BED with high frequency of binge eating and purging behavior according to severity classification of DSM-5)
- Current eating disorder-specific interventions in concurrent outpatient psychotherapy: therapists will be asked not to conduct eating disorder-specific interventions (e.g., cue exposure, mirror exposure, eating attack-related behavior analysis) with the participant during study participation.
- Participant's inability to consent

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Testing the efficacy of the cue-exposure intervention in comparison to the standard intervention: The primary aim is to test the efficacy on eating in the absence of hunger, measured by ad-libitum consumption of typical binge foods immediately after the intervention, one week later as well as three months after the intervention (follow-up, FU).

Secondary Outcome Measures