A MultiCentre randomised Trial of the outcome, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of family therapy and multi-family day treatment compared with inpatient care and outpatient family therapy for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa (in adolescents); Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Anorexia nervosa

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11275465
• Lead Sponsor: The Health Foundation (UK)

Brief Summary

2016 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881106 results 2023 Other publications in https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3050 Moderators of treatment effect (added 28/11/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-01-29
• Study Completion: 2008-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 12 December 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

Patients referred to five eating disorder services (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, St Georges and South West London NHS Trust , Blackwater Valley Primary Health Care Trust, Central & Northwest London Trust, The Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service of the Royal Free Hampstead Trust), who meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for anorexia nervosa or eating disorders not otherwise specified and who are aged between 13 and 20 years.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients in care
2. Patients with learning disabilities, psychosis or alcohol/substance dependence
3. Patients with medical condition that may lead to significant weight loss (e.g. Crohn's disease)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified