Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Add-on Hometreatment to Family Based Therapy in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anorexia in Adolescence
• Interventions: Other: Psychotherapy

• Registration Number: NCT05418075
• Lead Sponsor: Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich

Brief Summary

The project serves to evaluate a new treatment method with outreach services as a supplement to family-based therapy in the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders.

The project is intended to help identify different family structures and which families will benefit most from the new outreach service of home-based treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-05
• Study Start: 2022-02-01
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-14
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-31
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• Children and adolescents aged 12 -20 years.
• Successful registrations in the special consultation for eating disorders at the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KJPP) of the Psychiatric University Hospital (PUK) Zurich.
• Diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa (ICD-10 F50.00/ F50.01/ F50.1)
• Existing informed consent of patients* (14 years and older) and parents or legal guardians (12-14 years).
• IQ over 75
• Resident in the canton of Zurich
• Good knowledge of German

Exclusion Criteria

• No written consent
• Children under 12 years
• Other forms of eating disorders apart from anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Home Treatment as add on to Familiy-based Treatment	Psychotherapy	-
Familiy-based Treatment	Psychotherapy	-
Mindfulness based stress reduction training	Psychotherapy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptomatic improvement	3 months	Change of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) total score analyze using a linear random coefficient regressions model

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
State of health improvement	3 months	Change of the Perceived stress scale (PSS) total score measering level of perceived stress and change of the total score in Brief dyadic scale of expressed emotion (BDSEE) measering level of expressed emotion.
Remission rate	12 months	Remission is definde as a Body weight within 15% deviation of the normal weight and clinically unremarkable values in the EDE and EDI

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Psychiatrische Universitätsklilnik Zürich; 🇨🇭 Zürich, Switzerland