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One session, lasting change? a new approach to eating disorder prevention
NCT ID NCT06861608
First seen Aug 05, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a single online session can help prevent eating disorders in young adults at risk. Participants will complete a screening survey and then receive a brief intervention that teaches about habits and how to change them. The study aims to see if this approach can reduce eating disorder symptoms and improve well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A single-session online behavioral intervention based on the habit framework, including psychoeducation and strategy worksheets.
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could offer a scalable, low-cost prevention tool for eating disorders, potentially reducing the burden of these conditions in young adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with a modest sample size, and the intervention is brief, so effects may be small or not lasting. Also, it relies on self-report, which can be biased.
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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 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 to 22 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: * EAT-26 score ≥ 20 ( EAT-26, participants will meet the "referral criteria" which includes a score of 20 or more or meeting frequency criteria on bingeing, purging, laxative/diuretic use, and/or exercise.) * English-language fluency, self-reported3 * Access to a phone, tablet, or computer Exclusion Criteria: * Failure to correctly complete one of the attention checks in the survey prior to the intervention * Failure to correctly complete both anagram tasks in the survey prior to the intervention * Completion of the screening survey or pre-intervention surveys in an improbably fast time
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Conditions
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Virginia Commonwealth University
RECRUITINGRichmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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