Building an Equitable and Accessible System of Eating Disorder Care for VA, DoD, and Underrepresented Americans With Eating Disorders (EASED Study)

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

When untreated, eating disorders present with tremendous burdens to affected active duty Service members and Veterans and their families, and are very costly to the DoD and VA healthcare system. A comparative effectiveness study with state-of-the-art virtual treatment for BN and BED specifically adapted for testing with the Veteran population and other underrepresented eating disorder populations will lead to major improvements in clinical outcomes. The treatment will be integrated with VA's newest telehealth technology to profoundly enhance access to care anywhere, at any time. This trial of therapist-led and self-help CBT treatments, combined with our expert panel methods to inform VA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Eating Disorders and plans for dissemination, will accelerate the pace for the transition of results both for large-scale deployment in the VA system and for real-world impact among diverse and underrepresented eating disorder populations.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Aged 18 and older

• Presence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Bulimia Nervosa (BN) or Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

• Veteran Health Administration (VHA) user

Locations
United States
Connecticut
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
RECRUITING
West Haven
Contact Information
Primary
Robin M Masheb, PhD
Robin.Masheb@va.gov
203-932-5711
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-04-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-09-29
Participants
Target number of participants: 144
Treatments
Experimental: Telehealth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (teleCBT)
About one-half of participants will be randomly assigned to Telehealth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (teleCBT), a virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for binge eating disorders delivered via an Office of Information and Technology (OI\&T)-approved video platform, by a master's-level research clinician. TeleCBT will be administered in 8 to 10 hourly individual sessions over a three-month treatment period.
Active_comparator: Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (shCBT)
About one-half of participants will be randomly assigned to Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (shCBT), a Self-Help CBT for binge eating disorders initiated by a research assistant via telephone and then continued by the participant at home. These materials are the same exact ones provided to participants in TeleCBT (i.e., treatments are matched for materials), and will be mailed to participants. They will be instructed to work independently through one chapter per week for the following 12 weeks (i.e., treatment length is matched to TeleCBT).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: United States Department of Defense
Leads: VA Connecticut Healthcare System

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov