Can talking about your thoughts help treat eating disorders?
NCT ID NCT06693089
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study is testing a type of talk therapy called Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy (MIT-ED) for adults with various eating disorders, including those who are underweight. The therapy aims to help people understand and manage the negative thoughts and feelings that drive their eating disorder. 64 participants will receive up to 40 therapy sessions over about 10 months, and researchers will track changes in eating symptoms, emotional regulation, and self-esteem.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy for Eating Disorders (MIT-ED) - a psychological therapy
- What this could lead to
- If this therapy works, it could offer a new way to treat various eating disorders by helping people manage difficult emotions and thoughts.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early pilot study with no control group, so results may not be definitive. The therapy is time-intensive (up to 40 sessions) and may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult outpatients (from age 18 years) * Having an Eating Disorder for which they required treatment * BMI between 17.5 and 40 * Provision of informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving ongoing psychiatric, other psychotherapeutic treatment * Coexisting psychiatric disorders precludeing eating disorder-focused treatment or that requires specialized treatment: bipolar I, psychosis, alcohol or substance abuse, suicidality. PTSD is an exclusion criteria as long as its symptoms as prominent so to require a specialized empirically supported treatment * Intellectual disability
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centro Trattamento Integrato Disturbi Alimentari e Obesità
Verona, Italia, 37122, Italy
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Centro Trattamento Integrato Disturbi Alimentari e Obesità
Verona, Verona, 37122, Italy
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