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AMI and CBT Intervention for Compulsive Eating (AMI+CBTforFA Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Vincent A Santiago, MA

Research Sponsored by Ryerson University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up change from baseline to 3 months postintervention

Awards & highlights

AMI+CBTforFA Trial Summary

This trial will test a four-session intervention combining motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy to treat food addiction. The goal is to motivate participants to reduce their consumption of processed foods.

Eligible Conditions

Compulsive Eating
Food Addiction
Binge Eating

AMI+CBTforFA Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ change from baseline to 3 months postintervention

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~change from baseline to 3 months postintervention

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from baseline to 3 months postintervention for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Binge Eating Frequency

Consumption of Highly Processed Foods

Food Addiction Symptoms

Secondary outcome measures

Addiction-like Eating Behaviour

Binge Eating Symptoms

Body Mass Index

+9 more

Other outcome measures

Impulsivity

AMI+CBTforFA Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: AMI and CBT InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will receive four weekly sessions of individual therapy (60 minutes) with a graduate student therapist over videoconferencing technology or telephone. The intervention combines Adapted Motivational Interviewing (AMI) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques for food addiction. Participants will complete questionnaires at baseline, postintervention or 1-month postbaseline, and 2- and 4-months postbaseline.

Group II: Waitlist ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will complete questionnaires at baseline, 1-month postbaseline, and 2- and 4-months postbaseline (at timepoints comparable to the intervention arm). They will not receive any intervention during this time. Following the 3-month waitlist, they will cross over into the same procedure as the intervention arm.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Adapted Motivational Interviewing (AMI) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

2021

N/A

~100

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