Group Parent Training for Adolescent Eating Disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa; Subthreshold Anorexia Nervosa
• Interventions: Behavioral: Maudsley Family Therapy; Behavioral: Group Parent Training

• Registration Number: NCT00672906
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

While parents are considered essential for the effective treatment of adolescents with anorexia nervosa, the most effective manner to involve parents in treatment is unknown. Given reports of high caregiver burden among parents of this clinical group, finding treatments that minimize parent burden while improving the child's eating disorder symptoms is essential.

This investigation will examine the preliminary effectiveness of a parent skills group and adolescent skills group compared to family therapy for the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa. The target of this intervention is the improvement of eating disorder symptoms in the child and improving self-efficacy, emotion regulation, and perceived burden in the parent.

The effectiveness of this experimental treatment group (Group Parent Training for the parents/Adolescent Skills Training for the adolescent) will be compared to the Maudsley model of family therapy. The effectiveness of the group program will be examined by exploring changes within individuals over time as well as via comparisons across treatment conditions. Results from this investigation will be used to calculate treatment effect sizes in the design of a larger, fully powered, randomized clinical trial.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-07
• Study First Submitted: 2008-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2008-05-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-12
• Study Completion: 2012-12
• Status Verified: 2014-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 2014-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

• age 11-18 years old
• living at home
• meet criteria for anorexia nervosa or subthreshold anorexia nervosa

Exclusion Criteria

• no active psychosis
• no current suicidality
• medically safe for outpatient treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Active Comparator	Maudsley Family Therapy	Family Therapy according to the Maudsley Model
1	Group Parent Training	Group Parent Training/Adolescent Skills Training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Mass Index	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Eating disorder symptoms other than body weight.	12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States