Graphs boost therapy for eating disorders?
NCT ID NCT02940613
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether showing people with bulimia or binge eating disorder visual graphs of their symptom changes during the first four weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps them improve faster. About 80 participants were split into groups that either saw these graphs or did not. The study was terminated early, so the full results are not available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- visual feedback of symptom frequency
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple way to help people with eating disorders get better faster in therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, early-stage study that was terminated, so results are limited. The approach may not work for everyone or may not be 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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2016
- Finished
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Mar 2020
- 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: * BMI (Body Mass Index) over 19 * Diagnosis of Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, or Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED) Purging Disorder. Exclusion Criteria: * BMI below 19
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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St. Joseph's Healthcare
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 4A6, Canada
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