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Peer Mentors for Eating Disorders

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Recruiting

Led By Aaron K Keshen

Research Sponsored by Nova Scotia Health Authority

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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

Must have

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 3-6 months, 12 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will investigate how effective and acceptable peer mentors are in helping youth with an eating disorder transition from youth-oriented to adult-oriented treatment. Participants, their carers and peer mentors will be interviewed.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for young people aged 16-24 in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island with an eating disorder diagnosis. They should be transitioning to adult treatment and not at high suicide risk. Participants must understand English well and give consent.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if peer mentors can help youths transition to adult eating disorder treatments effectively. It involves a 3-6 month mentorship, questionnaires before, after, and a year later, plus interviews about the care transition experience.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

There are no medical side effects as this is not a drug trial; however, participants may experience emotional or psychological impacts from discussing their experiences with eating disorders during interviews.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 3-6 months, 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 3-6 months, 12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 3-6 months, 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Change in Autonomous Motivation

Secondary outcome measures

Completed Transitions

Patient acceptability

Other outcome measures

Change in clinical impairment

Eating Disorders

Change in feelings of competence about participating in eating disorder treatment

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: TAY receiving peer mentor interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Transition age youth with EDs (n=35) will receive a peer mentor delivered transition intervention

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Peer mentor intervention

2003

Completed Phase 3

~400

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Nova Scotia Health AuthorityLead Sponsor

258 Previous Clinical Trials

83,805 Total Patients Enrolled

5 Trials studying Eating Disorders

188 Patients Enrolled for Eating Disorders

Aaron K KeshenPrincipal InvestigatorNova Scotia Health Authority

Media Library

Peer mentor intervention Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05543044 — N/A

Eating Disorders Research Study Groups: TAY receiving peer mentor intervention

Eating Disorders Clinical Trial 2023: Peer mentor intervention Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05543044 — N/A

Peer mentor intervention 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05543044 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this investigation admit individuals younger than 40?

"According to the guidelines, only people aged 16-24 may participate in this research."

Answered by AI

How many test subjects are partaking in this experiment?

"Affirmative. The data found on clinicaltrials.gov affirms the active recruitment for this research endeavour, which was initially posted on March 28th 2023 and most recently updated on May 1st 2023. A total of 49 patients need to be sourced from a single site in order to meet study requirements."

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Is there presently a recruitment process for this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov records that this trial is enrolling participants at present and was first published on March 28th of 2023, with the most recent edits made on May 1st of the same year. As many as 49 patients are needed from a single location."

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Is participation in this experiment accessible to me?

"This clinical trial is seeking applicants aged 16-24 who have been medically diagnosed with an eating disorder and meet the TAY Inclusion Criteria. Moreover, they must be transitioning from a youth to adult ED treatment program in Nova Scotia and provide signed consent before participating."

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Recent research and studies

formation/NLM/NIH, NCBI. “Gprobe”. 2017. Web. <https://github.com/ncbi/gprobe>..Journal

Gprobe

Information/NLM/NIH, NCBI. 2017. “Gprobe”. GitHub repository. https://github.com/ncbi/gprobe.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Impact of Peer Mentors on Individuals Transitioning to Adult Eating Disorder Treatment

Aaron Keshen 2023. "Impact of Peer Mentors on Individuals Transitioning to Adult Eating Disorder Treatment". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05543044.

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