Can a smartphone app help curb binge eating? new study aims to find out.
NCT ID NCT07212673
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 16-session digital program that combines mindfulness with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is acceptable and practical for adults with binge eating disorder. Forty participants will be randomly assigned to the combined program or a simpler self-monitoring group. The goal is to see if people find the program usable and satisfying, not yet to measure long-term weight or eating changes.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 years or older * ability to speak English fluently * meeting DSM-5 criteria for current BED (i.e., in the past three months) * willing and able to commit to the entire study protocol Exclusion Criteria: * a BMI below 18.5 * requiring immediate treatment for medical complications * having current anorexia or bulimia nervosa or purging behaviors within the past year * being pregnant or breast-feeding * experiencing other severe psychopathology or medical illness that would limit the participants' ability to comply with the demands of the current study (e.g. active suicidal risk, active psychotic disorder, unmedicated bipolar disorder, severe substance use disorder, cancer) * currently receiving BED or weight loss treatment (treatment for other conditions will be allowed, as long as the treatment is not mindfulness-based) * currently taking medications for weight loss, or beginning medications that affect eating/weight within the last six months.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yeshiva University
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10461, United States
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