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Do, Change, Motivation Through Values, Sessions, No Food Logs for Anorexia Nervosa (REACH+ Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by New York State Psychiatric Institute
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6-month end of treatment
Awards & highlights

REACH+ Trial Summary

This trial is designed to improve the relapse prevention treatment for anorexia nervosa.

Eligible Conditions
  • Anorexia Nervosa

REACH+ Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6-month end of treatment
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6-month end of treatment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Weight maintenance
Secondary outcome measures
Dietary restriction
Habit strength
Intrinsic motivation
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REACH+ Trial Design

26Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Talk, Change, Motivation through Values, Check-Ins, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group II: Talk, Change, Motivation through Values, Check-Ins, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group III: Talk, Change, Motivation through Narratives, Sessions, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group IV: Talk, Change, Motivation through Narratives, Sessions, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group V: Talk, Change, Motivation through Narratives, Check-Ins, Long-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group VI: Talk, Change, Motivation Through Values, Sessions, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group VII: Talk, Change, Motivation Through Values, Sessions, Long-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group VIII: Talk, Accept, Motivation through Values, Sessions, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group IX: Talk, Accept, Motivation through Values, Sessions, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group X: Talk, Accept, Motivation through Values, Check-Ins, Long-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group XI: Talk, Accept, Motivation through Narratives, Sessions, Long-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group XII: Talk, Accept, Motivation through Narratives, Check-Ins, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group XIII: Talk, Accept, Motivation through Narratives, Check-Ins, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Talk: Discussion of recent eating and plans for upcoming eating; absence of in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group XIV: Do, Change, Motivation through Values, Check-Ins, Long-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group XV: Do, Change, Motivation through Narratives, Check-Ins, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group XVI: Do, Change, Motivation through Narratives, Check-Ins, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group XVII: Do, Change, Motivation Through Values, Sessions, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group XVIII: Do, Change, Motivation Through Values, Sessions, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group XIX: Do, Change, Motivation Through Narratives, Sessions, Long-term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Change: Monitoring and actively challenging distorted thoughts. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group XX: Do, Accept, Motivation through Values, Sessions, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group XXI: Do, Accept, Motivation through Values, Check-Ins, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group XXII: Do, Accept, Motivation through Values, Check-Ins, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group XXIII: Do, Accept, Motivation through Narratives, Sessions, Short-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food-Monitoring - Short-Term: Use of food logs for first 5 weeks of treatment.
Group XXIV: Do, Accept, Motivation through Narratives, Sessions, No Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. No Food-Monitoring: No recommendation for food records or logs during treatment.
Group XXV: Do, Accept, Motivation through Narratives, Check-Ins, Long-Term Food LogsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Narratives: Using stories of others with lived experience (e.g., writings, podcasts) to appreciate long-term dangers of AN and the opportunity for symptom resolution with sustained recovery, without discussion of individualized motivators. Check-Ins for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress conducted independently by participant, with only brief (~20-min) check-ins during this period. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.
Group XXVI: Do, Accept, Motivation Through Values, Sessions, Long-Term Food Logs,Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Behavior Do: Including in-session eating experiments. Thought Accept: Mindfully accepting of unhelpful thoughts as passing mental phenomena that need not guide behavior. Motivation Through Values: Identifying individual motivators for recovery and opportunities to expand upon non-eating disorder aspects of identity. Sessions for Skills Consolidation: Consolidation of skills introduced to patient and monitoring of continued progress using 45-min, face-to-face (via video) sessions. Food Monitoring - Long-Term: Use of food logs for duration of treatment.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Columbia UniversityOTHER
1,438 Previous Clinical Trials
2,448,735 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)NIH
2,798 Previous Clinical Trials
2,660,858 Total Patients Enrolled
47 Trials studying Anorexia Nervosa
22,783 Patients Enrolled for Anorexia Nervosa
Brown UniversityOTHER
456 Previous Clinical Trials
558,196 Total Patients Enrolled
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