RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06050421

Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa

Evaluating the Efficacy of Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT) in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Sponsor

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Enrollment

96 participants

Start Date

Jun 22, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa Restricting Type Anorexia Nervosa in Remission

Summary

Randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of "Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy" in patients with eating disorders: a proof-of-concept study.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 65 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

female patients
aged between 18 to 65 years old,
having a diagnosis of AN (DSM 5 criteria),
having had weigh restoration treatment (normal BMI considered >19 kg/m2)
having an overcontrol personality style assessed with the styles of coping Word-Pair Checklist scale (ASC-WP)

Exclusion Criteria7

diagnosis of severe mental illness (schizophrenia or other psychosis, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, substance use disorder)
diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) or positive result in McLean Screening Instrument for BPD
mental retardation
being under standardized psychotherapy at the baseline
being illiterate or not able to understand Spanish language,
being left-handed
being pregnant for MRI requirements.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALRadically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT)

RO-DBT is a transdiagnostic intervention specifically designed to treat a spectrum of disorders characterized by excessive overcontrol such as resistant depression, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders, mood disorders, anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder.

OTHERTreatment As Usual

he TAU condition will follow the standard treatment of the EDs Unit of the HSCSP for AN. This treatment consists of visits with a psychiatrist with a frequency decided according to the clinical situation and, in some cases, nursing follow-up and/or relapse prevention group that takes place twice per month

OTHERNo intervention

All controls will complete data collection notebook and will undergo the same neuroimaging acquisition. There will not be follow-up for this group.