New study aims to personalize eating disorder treatment using smartphone data
NCT ID NCT06208605
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way to treat eating disorders by personalizing therapy based on each person's most troubling symptoms. Researchers use smartphone surveys to map individual symptom patterns, then match participants to specific therapy modules. The goal is to see if this tailored approach works better than standard cognitive behavioral therapy. The study involves 320 adults with eating disorders and compares the personalized treatment to the current gold-standard therapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Transdiagnostic Network Informed Personalized Treatment (T-NIPT-ED) and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to the first precision treatment for eating disorders, tailored to each person's unique symptoms and social context.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase study testing a new approach, so results may not confirm effectiveness. The personalized method is complex and may not work better than standard therapy.
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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 320 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
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 to 65 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: * Current diagnosis of any active eating disorder except ARFID * Ages 18-65 Exclusion Criteria: * Active Suicidality * Active Mania * Active psychosis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Eating Anxiety Laboratory and Clinic
RECRUITINGLouisville, Kentucky, 40205, United States
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