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Approach Bias Modification Training In Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Trial

Approach Bias Modification Training In Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Trial - ABBA

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00010231
Enrollment
54
Registered
2016-03-24
Start date
2015-12-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F50.2 F50.9

Interventions

Group 1: real CBM (approach bias modification training): In an implicit learning paradigm, participants repeatedly make avoidance movements (via a joystick) in response to pictures of high calorie foo

Sponsors

Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (a) age 18 years or above (b) DSM-V diagnosis of Bulimia Nervosa or Binge Eating Disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (a) age under 18 years (b) medical (e.g. major electrolyte abnormalities) or psychiatric (e.g. acute suicidality) instability (c) current or lifetime diagnosis of substance dependence, psychosis, bipolar disorder, ADHD, or borderline personality disorder (d) psychotropic medication other than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (patients have to be on a stable medication, i.e. at least 14 days, of SRRI during participation in the trial)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Number of subjective and objective binge eating attacks and global eating disorder psychopathology during the previous 2 months prior and after the intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
(1) approach bias towards visual food cues prior/after the intervention. (2) attentional bias towards visueal food cues prior/after the intervention. (3) trait food craving prior/after the intervention. (4) state levels of cue-elicited food craving prior/after the intervention. (5) food intake in the laboratory prior/after the intervention. (6) treatment acceptance.

Countries

Germany, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactTimo Brockmeyer

Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinik Heidelberg

timo.brockmeyer@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221-5637153

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026