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UCAN: Uniting Couples in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

NCT ID: NCT00928109

Last Updated: 2012-11-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-04-30

Study Completion Date

2012-06-30

Brief Summary

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UCAN is a research program funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and is part of the UNC Eating Disorders Program. UCAN aims to help couples work together in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Couples participate in UCAN over a period of six months and return for follow-up treatment three months after the end of the original six-month period. Patients receive weekly individual therapy, monthly psychiatry consultations, monthly dietary consultations in addition to being randomized to one of two types of weekly couples therapy. Participation in UCAN can help participants gain new confidence in facing anorexia as a team and can help us understand how best to involve partners in the treatment of eating disorders.

Detailed Description

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Patients receive comprehensive eating disorder treatment at the UNC Eating Disorders Outpatient Program in addition to couples therapy. Eligibility: Participants may be eligible if they are 18 or older, have anorexia nervosa and are currently living with a partner with whom they have been in a committed relationship for at least a year. The partner must also be willing to enter treatment.

Conditions

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Anorexia Nervosa

Keywords

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eating disorders couples therapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy (CBCT)

CBCT is a 20-week program consisting of 1-hour sessions between a couple and a therapist. In this program, couples learn about ways to communicate about their relationship in the context of experiencing anorexia nervosa. CBCT focuses on couple-specific skills such as communication and targets relationship domains such as exercise, body image and sexuality, eating together as a couple, and broader relationship concerns outside of anorexia nervosa.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

CBCT

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy - weekly manualized couples therapy

Family Supportive Therapy

Couples meet once a week for an hour for a period of 20 weeks for couples therapy. Family Supportive Therapy is not manualized and is the standard form of care at the UNC Eating Disorders Program

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Family Supportive Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Couples meet once a week for an hour for a period of 20 weeks for couples therapy. Family Supportive Therapy is not manualized and is the standard form of care at the UNC Eating Disorders Program

Interventions

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CBCT

Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy - weekly manualized couples therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Family Supportive Therapy

Couples meet once a week for an hour for a period of 20 weeks for couples therapy. Family Supportive Therapy is not manualized and is the standard form of care at the UNC Eating Disorders Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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UCAN Eating Disorder Treatment as Usual

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Anorexia Nervosa,
* 18 years or older,
* BMI 16 or higher,
* In a committed relationship with a partner for 1 year or longer and currently living together.

Exclusion Criteria

* Alcohol or drug dependence in past year,
* Current significant suicidal ideation,
* Developmental disability that would impair the ability of the participant to benefit from the intervention,
* Psychosis,
* BMI less than 16.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cynthia M Bulik, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry

Donald Baucom, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychology

Locations

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UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R01MH082732-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

07-1429

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id