Four-Minute videos could transform anorexia care for teens
NCT ID NCT07566546
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a series of four short educational videos (each under 7 minutes) can help parents of adolescents with anorexia feel more confident and less stressed. About 50 parent-teen pairs will either receive standard care or standard care plus the videos. Researchers will measure if parents find the videos useful and if teens show improvement in eating disorder symptoms after three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Parent Educational Videos (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, low-cost tool to help parents support their child's recovery from anorexia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply widely. The videos are added to usual care, so any improvement may be small.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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
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- Ages
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10 to 16 years
- 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: * The adolescent must: • have had an initial medical evaluation by one of the Adolescent Medicine physicians at Texas Children's Hospital and be determined at that visit to have a restrictive eating disorder such as Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical Anorexia Nervosa, or Eating Disorder unspecified type. * The adolescent must between the ages of 10-16 * The adolescent and their parent/guardian must be able to read and write English fluently Exclusion Criteria: * Adolescent cannot have a comorbid diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Intellectual Disability
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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