Sensory secrets behind picky eating in teens revealed?
NCT ID NCT05091983
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether teenagers with restrictive eating disorders, like anorexia or ARFID, have different sensory processing compared to healthy teens. Researchers used questionnaires to measure sensory sensitivity and also screened for autism and anxiety. The goal was to better understand how sensory issues might relate to eating problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors understand how sensory sensitivities might contribute to restrictive eating disorders in teens.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study with only 29 participants. It does not test a treatment, so results may not lead to direct changes in care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2022
- 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.
Who is studied
The participants were all recruited at the Maison de Solenn, Cochin - Paris, a service specialized in the treatment of eating disorders for adolescents. The participants in the control group are patients followed in this center for another reason than an eating disorder. The participants were recruited in consultation, in day hospital or in complete hospitalization.
- Ages
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12 to 18 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: * Adolescent between 12 to 18 years old. * Non-opposition of the adolescent and his or her legal guardians collected before the start of the study. * Patient group: Diagnosis of restrictive eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa typical or atypical, ARFID) meeting DSM-5 criteria. * Control group: absence of eating disorders. Exclusion Criteria: * Eating disorders secondary to another psychiatric pathology. * Precarious health status with somatic and/or psychiatric instability that does not allow to answer the questionnaire. * Language barrier. * Opposition of the adolescent and/or his/her legal representatives obtained before the start of the study * Patient under " AME " (medical state help)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maison de Solenn Maison des Adolescents, Cochin Hospital
Paris, IDF, 75014, France
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