Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof C G Fairburn
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Oxford
Warneford Hospital
University Department of Psychiatry
Oxford
OX33 1JT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1865 226479
credo@medsci.ox.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
046386
Study information
Scientific title
A comparison of two psychological treatments for severe eating disorders
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. To test theories regarding what processes cause clinical eating disorders to persist.
2. To evaluate the relative effectiveness of two different psychological treatments for severe eating disorders.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Eating disorders
Intervention
Randomised controlled trial with embedded psychological tests.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Standardised measures of eating disorder features
2. General psychiatric symptoms
3. Psychosocial impairment
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
01/10/2001
Overall trial end date
30/09/2007
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients with any type of severe eating disorder
2. 18 to 60 years
3. Living in central Oxfordshire or Leicestershire
4. Available for treatment
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients who have been previously exposed to either of the two treatments
2. Pregnancy
Recruitment start date
01/10/2001
Recruitment end date
30/09/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Oxford
Oxford
OX33 1JT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Oxford (UK)
Sponsor details
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford
OX1 2JD
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1865 270143
research.services@admin.ox.ac.uk
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant ref: 046386)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
international
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2009 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074978
2015 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26000757
Publication citations
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Results
Fairburn CG, Cooper Z, Doll HA, O'Connor ME, Bohn K, Hawker DM, Wales JA, Palmer RL, Transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with eating disorders: a two-site trial with 60-week follow-up., Am J Psychiatry, 2009, 166, 3, 311-319, doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040608.
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Results
Fairburn CG, Bailey-Straebler S, Basden S, Doll HA, Jones R, Murphy R, O'Connor ME, Cooper Z, A transdiagnostic comparison of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) and interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of eating disorders, Behav Res Ther, 2015 , 70, 64-71, doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.04.010.