- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05499676
Helping HAND: Healing Anorexia Nervosa Digitally
Development and Pilot Testing of a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy-Guided Self-Help Mobile App for the Post-Acute Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD
- Phone Number: 314-286-2074
- Email: fitzsimmonse@wustl.edu
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Carli Howe, BA
- Phone Number: 314-286-2074
- Email: howec@wustl.edu
Study Locations
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California
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Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
- Not yet recruiting
- Palo Alto University
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Contact:
- Craig B. Taylor, MD
- Email: btaylor@stanford.edu
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Contact:
- Carli Howe, BA
- Phone Number: 314-286-2074
- Email: howec@wustl.edu
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Missouri
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
- Recruiting
- Washington University School of Medicine
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Contact:
- Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft
- Phone Number: 314-249-8352
- Email: fitzsimmonse@wustl.edu
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Principal Investigator:
- Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD
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Sub-Investigator:
- Denise Wilfley
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Contact:
- Carli Howe
- Phone Number: 314-286-2074
- Email: howec@wustl.edu
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10032
- Not yet recruiting
- Columbia University
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Contact:
- Kathleen Pike, PhD
- Email: kmp2@cumc.columbia.edu
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Contact:
- Carli Howe, BA
- Phone Number: 314-286-2074
- Email: howec@wustl.edu
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Cisgender women who are 18 years old and older, who own a mobile phone, speak English, are U.S. residents, have a BMI greater than or equal to 17, who are connected with a physician (such as a primary care provider), who are not using a feeding tube, and who have been discharged from intensive treatment (i.e., inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient) for DSM-5 anorexia nervosa within the past 2 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals who are not cisgender women.
- Individuals under 18 years old.
- Individuals who do not own a mobile phone.
- Individuals who have not been discharged from intensive treatment (i.e., inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient) for DSM-5 anorexia nervosa within the past 2 months).
- Individuals who are not connected with a physician (such as a primary care provider)
- Individuals who have a BMI below 17.0
- Individuals who are currently using a feeding tube
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Mobile Coached Intervention
Participants randomized to the mobile intervention condition will receive access to the mobile app for 6 consecutive months.
Participants will still be able to access other usual care options and will be encouraged to follow the discharge plan provided to them by the eating disorder program from which they were discharged.
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SilverCloud Health is a mobile mental health platform offering cognitive-behavioral therapy-based guided self-help programs, including one for anorexia nervosa developed by our team.
Participants in this arm will receive the support of a coach to guide them through the program.
Participants will be able to communicate with their coach within the program.
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Experimental: Mobile Coached Intervention Plus Social Networking
Participants randomized to the mobile intervention plus social networking condition will receive access to the mobile app, as well as Facebook social networking component, for 6 consecutive months.
Participants will still be able to access other usual care options and will be encouraged to follow the discharge plan provided to them by the eating disorder program from which they were discharged.
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SilverCloud Health is a mobile mental health platform offering cognitive-behavioral therapy-based guided self-help programs, including one for anorexia nervosa developed by our team.
Participants in this arm will receive the support of a coach to guide them through the program.
Participants will be able to communicate with their coach within the program.
Facebook is a social networking site that will offer participants the opportunity to interact with study team posts, post themselves, and connect with others in the study experiencing similar struggles in a private group
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No Intervention: Treatment as Usual
This group will be encouraged to follow the discharge plan provided to them by the eating disorder program from which they were discharged.
Participants will also be encouraged to follow-up with their eating program for additional referral information as needed and/or to reach out to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and/or Association for Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD ) for assistance with finding treatment providers/resources as needed.
NEDA and ANAD provide helplines and online treatment provider databases to help individuals find providers.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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1. Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in changing eating disorder psychopathology, as assessed by the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire.
Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Investigators will use the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q), a 28-item measure derived from a diagnostic interview, the standard measure of eating disorder psychopathology.
The main outcome variable will be the EDE-Q Global score, an overall measure of eating disorder psychopathology.
Scores possible range from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating greater eating disorder psychopathology.
Change in EDE-Q scores will be compared from baseline to 6 months and baseline to 9 months.
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baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in changing eating disorder behaviors.
Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Investigators will use the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q), a 28-item measure derived from a diagnostic interview, the standard measure of eating disorder psychopathology.
For this secondary outcome, investigators will examine eating disorder behavior frequencies from the EDE-Q.
Change in EDE-Q behavior frequencies will be compared from baseline to 6 months and baseline to 9 months.
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baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in changing Body Mass Index (BMI).
Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Investigators will use current BMI as derived from self-reported height, which has shown to be accurate in adult ED populations, and weight assessed by a digital wireless scale. At each of the study timepoints, a study coordinator will schedule a time with the participant to take their weight while they are on a Zoom call with the coordinator. Participants will be instructed to take off their shoes, wear light clothing, and empty their pockets, similar to the instructions that would be provided if this measurement were being taken in person. Given the use of a wireless scale, the measurement will be able to be immediately and automatically sent to the research team. Change in BMI will be compared from baseline to 6 months and baseline to 9 months. |
baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in changing depression and suicidal ideation, as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire.
Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Investigators will use the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), a 9-item measure that is widely used to assess presence of possible depression and severity, as well as suicidality.
Scores possible range from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating greater severity of depression.
Change in PHQ scores will be compared from baseline to 6 months and baseline to 9 months.
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baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in changing clinical impairment, as assessed by the Clinical Impairment Assessment.
Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Investigators will use the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA), which is a 16-item self-report measure of the severity of psychosocial impairment due to eating disorder features.
Scores range from 0 to 48 with higher scores indicating higher levels of impairment.
Change in CIA scores will be compared from baseline to 6 months and baseline to 9 months.
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baseline, 6 months, and 9 months
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in terms of reducing rehospitalization.
Time Frame: 6 months and 9 months
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To assess rehospitalization and other treatment utilization, investigators will use a detailed treatment history questionnaire.
Rehospitalization rates will be compared across conditions at 6 months and 9 months.
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6 months and 9 months
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Effectiveness of the mobile app conditions, compared to referral to usual care, in terms of achieving full recovery, as assessed with BMI, the Stanford-Washington University Eating Disorders Screen, and the EDE-Q.
Time Frame: 6 months and 9 months
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For recovery, at 6- and 9-month assessments, investigators will compare the percent of participants across study conditions who have achieved full recovery from an eating disorder, comprised of: 1) physical recovery based on having a BMI ≥ 18.5 kg/m2; 2) behavioral recovery based on absence of binge eating, vomiting, laxative use, and fasting in the past 3 months (assessed via the Stanford-Washington University Eating Disorder Screen); and 3) cognitive recovery based on scoring within 1 SD of community norms for each of the EDE-Q subscales.
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6 months and 9 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Study record dates
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Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 202202113
- R34MH127203 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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