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A comparison of two psychological treatments for severe eating disorders
ISRCTN ISRCTN15562271
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title A comparison of two psychological treatments for severe eating disorders
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source 046386
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.
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Eating disorders
Participants - 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
Participants - exclusion criteria 1. Patients who have been previously exposed to either of the two treatments
2. Pregnancy
Anticipated start date 01/10/2001
Anticipated end date 30/09/2007
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants To be added (recruitment finished on 30th September 2005)
Interventions Randomised controlled trial with embedded psychological tests.
Primary outcome measure(s) 1. Standardised measures of eating disorder features
2. General psychiatric symptoms
3. Psychosocial impairment
Secondary outcome measure(s) No secondary outcome measures
Sources of funding The Wellcome Trust (UK) (grant ref: 046386)
Trial website
Publications 1. 2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074978
Contact name Prof  C G  Fairburn
  Address University of Oxford
Warneford Hospital
University Department of Psychiatry
  City/town Oxford
  Zip/Postcode OX33 1JT
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)1865 226479
  Fax +44 (0)1865 226244
  Email credo@medsci.ox.ac.uk
Sponsor University of Oxford (UK)
  Address University Offices
Wellington Square
  City/town Oxford
  Zip/Postcode OX1 2JD
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)1865 270143
  Fax +44 (0)1865 280467
  Email research.services@admin.ox.ac.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.ox.ac.uk
Date applied 22/07/2005
Last edited 25/01/2011
Date ISRCTN assigned 22/07/2005
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