Bridging waiting time with internet-based self-help for bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorders and other specified feeding and eating disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder or other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED); Mental and Behavioural Disorders; 1. Bulimia Nervosa2. Binge Eating Disorder3. Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12608780
• Lead Sponsor: Technical University Dresden (Technische Universität Dresden)

Brief Summary

2018 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775262 protocol (added 18/06/2019) 2024 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.629 (added 06/03/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-26
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 18 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 114

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women aged 18 or older
2. Seeking treatment from cooperating psychotherapists for Bulimia nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder or OSFED
3. Access to the Internet
4. Informed consent (online)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Women not eligible for treatment due to low symptom severity, according to judgement of cooperating therapist
2. Women with a BMI under 18.5
3. Women with an indication for inpatient eating disorder treatment according to judgement of cooperating therapist
4. Women with significant psychiatric comorbidity needing treatment in its own right (e.g., substance dependence), major psychiatric disorders (e.g., psychosis) or are acutely suicidal women
5. Women receiving antidepressant medication who have not been on a stable dose for at least four weeks

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of weeks after randomisation until a patient achieves a clinical relevant improvement* in core symptoms for the first time will be measured using a weekly symptom monitoring that includes questions about the number of binge eating and compensatory behaviours (vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise, use of laxatives, diuretics or appetite suppressants) and the current body weight of the participant.<br><br>*Clinically relevant improvement is defined as abstinence from binge eating and compensatory behaviours (vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise, use of laxatives, diuretics or appetite suppressants) and a BMI of over 18.5, over a period of at least four weeks. Weekly symptom monitoring continues until 12 months post randomisation.