Clinical trials: Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa, Eating Disorder
Study of the Microbiological Profile of Stool in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder whose symptomatology induces a modification of the intestinal microbiota. To date, studies have shown variable profiles without linking them to metabolic and neuropsychological energy…
- Trial name
- ANOSTOOL (NCT03736642)
- Testing
- blood sampling, stool sampling, urine sampling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Anorexia Nervosa, Compulsive Behavior
Glutathione Levels and Compulsivity
The investigators will examine whether compulsivity in those who score above-average (but below clinical cut-off) on an eating disorder questionnaire can be altered by 9 days of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC).
- Trial name
- NCT02794389
- Testing
- N-acetyl cysteine
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Anorexia Nervosa
Kappa Opioid Receptor Imaging in Anorexia
The purpose of this study is to use positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to understand the brain function of individuals with anorexia nervosa and healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT02240797
- Testing
- Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Anorexia Nervosa
Microbiome-mediated Weight, Anxiety, and Stress Dysregulation in Anorexia Nervosa
The purpose of this research study is to analyze the microorganisms residing in the gut of patients with anorexia nervosa. Research has begun to link changes in the intestinal microbiota with diseases such as inflammatory bowel…
- Trial name
- Microbiome (NCT03119272)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Anorexia Nervosa
Lung Function Tests in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
The investigators hypothesize that lung function would be adversely affected at the hypocaloric stage of adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa.
- Trial name
- NCT00942929
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bnai Zion Medical Center
Anorexia Nervosa
Perception and Representation of Internal Body in Anorexia Nervosa
This study focuses on representations of the interior of the body and interoceptive awareness in women with anorexia nervosa in comparison with women without eating disorders.
- Trial name
- PERCEPCOR (NCT03988218)
- Testing
- perceptive tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Esquirol
Anorexia Nervosa
Food Exposure Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa
This is a research study to determine whether a medication called D-cycloserine (DCS) in combination with a type of psychotherapy called Exposure Therapy is helpful to patients with anorexia nervosa.
- Trial name
- NCT00755820
- Testing
- Exposure Therapy + D-Cycloserine, Supportive Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Anorexia Nervosa
Metabolic Diet for Relapse Prevention in Anorexia Nervosa
This is an interventional study that will test the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the Metabolic Diet, which was designed as a treatment for women with anorexia nervosa to remain weight-stable after they have been restored…
- Trial name
- NCT05197309
- Testing
- Metabolic Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Anorexia Nervosa, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Hormone Dynamics and Bone Mineral Density in Anorexia Nervosa v. Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the hormone dynamics in women with anorexia nervosa and hypothalamic amenorrhea is related to bone loss in those populations.
- Conditions
- Anorexia Nervosa, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT00556036
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Anorexia Nervosa, Restricting Type, Anxiety
Anxiety and Reward Interaction and Prediction of Outcomes in Anorexia Nervosa
This study is designed to understand responsiveness to reward in adolescents with restricting-type anorexia nervosa compared with non-clinical controls, and how it is affected by potential-threat perception.
- Trial name
- NCT02948452
- Testing
- fMRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Anorexia Nervosa Restricting Type, Anorexia Nervosa (DSM-IV Revised Criteria)
Biomarkers in EV Associated With Marrow Adiposity in Anorexia
The aim of this observational study is to identify biomarkers in extracellular vesicles associated with medullary adiposity occurring in patients with anorexia nervosa.
- Trial name
- VE_BMAT_AN (NCT06712485)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba
Anorexia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa Restricting Type
Novel Targetable BIOmarkers in ANorexia NervosA
The overall aim of this present study is to evaluate Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15) and inflammatory cytokines as a possible novel and readily treatable target for the successful therapy of Anorexia Nervosa (AN).
- Trial name
- BIOANNA (NCT05885724)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Anorexia Nervosa
Microbiome Shifts in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of starvation and recovery in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients in regard to microbiome activity and composition and to elucidate potential connections between weight gain…
- Trial name
- MaAN (NCT02962726)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Eating Disorders
Evaluating the Brain's Response to Natural Versus Artificial Sweetener in Women Who Have Had an Eating Disorder
This study will compare the brain's ability to distinguish between natural and artificial sweeteners in women with and without a history of eating disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT00517335
- Testing
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Anorexia Nervosa, Healthy
Homeostatic and Non-homeostatic Processing of Food Cues in Anorexia Nervosa
The goal of the present study is to investigate metabolic gut-brain signaling and the neural correlates of distraction from visual food cues in patients with Anorexia nervosa and healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT03075371
- Testing
- Glucose
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Heidelberg Medical Center
Anorexia Nervosa, Healthy Volunteer
Food Intake and IgA Microbiota in Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by intestinal dysbiosis, related to the feeding behavior impairment presented by these patients.
- Trial name
- AAMIAM (NCT05842343)
- Testing
- Stool sample, Food intake evaluation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa
Serotonin Transporter Concentrations in Women With a History of Anorexia Nervosa
This study will compare the concentrations of serotonin transporter in the brains of women with a history of anorexia nervosa who are currently maintaining a normal weight to those of healthy women of normal weight.
- Trial name
- NCT00320684
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Anorexia Nervosa
Rubber Hand Illusion in Anorexia Nervosa
The present research project aims to verify a possible difference in the recalibration of the real hand position (i.e. proprioceptive drift) in relation to the dimensions of the plastic hand in the Rubber Hand Illusion, among a…
- Trial name
- RHI_size_AN (NCT06296329)
- Testing
- Rubber Hand Illusion
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Anorexia Nervosa
Metabolic Phenotyping in Anorexia Nervosa
After discharge from inpatient treatment, 30-50% of patients with Anorexia Nervosa require re-hospitalization within 4-12 months.
- Trial name
- NCT02087280
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Eating Disorders, Psychiatric Comorbidities
Structural Brain Volumetry Changes in Eating Disorders.
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the relationship between structural brain changes and psychiatric comorbidities in individuals diagnosed with eating disorders (EDs).
- Trial name
- NCT07131852
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University