
Cognitive Therapy for Binge-Eating Disorder
ObesityEating DisordersThe purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a CD-ROM-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to traditional manual-based group therapy for obese individuals with binge-eating disorder (BED) and other unhealthy eating behaviors. A second goal is to encourage a healthy lifestyle in patients with BED.

Using Virtual Reality and Sensor Technology to Enhance Outcomes From Treatment for Binge Eating...
Binge EatingInhibition (Psychology)This study evaluates whether virtual-reality-based inhibitory control trainings are more effective than computerized trainings in reducing binge eating symptomatology. These trainings are used to improve people's ability to resist their impulses towards highly palatable foods (such as chips or cookies). These trainings also offer promise as a companion to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an often used and relatively effective therapeutic methodology.

Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Oral ACT-539313 in the Treatment of Adults...
Binge-Eating DisorderPlacebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral ACT-539313 in the treatment of adults with moderate to severe binge eating disorder

Deficits in Emotion Regulation Skills as a Maintaining Factor in Binge Eating Disorder
Binge-Eating DisorderThe effectiveness of a systematic affect regulation training (ART; Berking, 2010) is evaluated with regard to reducing symptoms of binge eating disoder in a randomized controlled trial.

A Study to Evaluate a Drug (Dasotraline) on the Safety, Effectiveness and How Well the Body Tolerates...
Binge Eating DisorderA study to evaluate a drug (dasotraline) on the safety, effectiveness and how well the body tolerates it, in adults with moderate to severe binge eating disorder

CHARGE: Controlling Hunger and ReGulating Eating
Binge-Eating DisorderOverweight1 moreThe objectives of this proposed study are: 1) to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of a novel intervention, Regulation of Cues (ROC), and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and 2) to evaluate the efficacy of both treatments on reduction of binge eating and weight loss among 120 Veterans with subclinical or clinical Binge Eating Disorder (BED) with comorbid overweight/obesity (OW/OB).

FDA Approved Medication to Reduce Binge Eating and/or Purging
Binge Eating DisorderBulimia NervosaThis study will demonstrate the efficacy of Qsymia versus placebo in treating bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.

Noom Monitor for Binge Eating
Binge Eating DisorderThe purpose of the proposed Phase II STTR study is to test the primary efficacy of a novel mobile app, 'Noom Monitor,' in a large population of binge eaters in the Kaiser Permanente health care system relative to a well-established treatment as usual (TAU) control condition. Noom Monitor facilitates the delivery of CBT-GSH by utilizing a patient interface that increases adherence and provides between-session reminders of CBT-GSH principles. In addition, the Noom Monitor includes a therapist interface with weekly feedback to the provider about patient progress. This application has several primary objectives, including: (1) testing the real-world effectiveness of the Noom Monitor in a clinical setting, and (2) establishing a database of training materials for Noom Monitor. The knowledge gained from the current study will contribute to our understanding of the role of new emerging mobile technologies in augmenting existing treatments.

Dasotraline Binge Eating Disorder Study
Binge Eating DisorderEvaluate the efficacy of flexibly-dosed dasotraline compared with placebo in adults with moderate to severe Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

Reduction of the Speed of Eating as an Intervention in Obesity
Binge-Eating DisorderPatients diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) overeat food but, as opposed to patients with bulimia nervosa, they do not compensate for their increased food intake and therefore their body weight increases. It is hypothesized that the speed of eating has increased in BED and that body weight will decrease if the speed of eating is decreased. The speed of eating is measured using Mandometer, an eating disorder conditioning tool, class 2 device cleared by the FDA for the treatment of eating disorders. Mandometer is a scale connected to a computer, patients eat food from a plate on the scale and the computer stores the weight loss of the plate, thus recording the speed of eating. Patients decrease their speed of eating by following training curves on the computer screen while eating. The emergence of their own speed of eating on the screen makes this possible. Patients use Mandometer for lunch and dinner over one week at home to estimate their speed of eating and their food intake as the first step of clinical pratice. Mandometer is then programmed with how much and how quickly to eat and patients practice eating using Mandometer at home over the subsequent treatment. Data from 166 BED-patients using Mandometer at home and from a total of 354 patients who have been treated have been collected. 30 normal weight, healthy subjects will be recruited to test the hypothesis that their speed of eating is lower than that of the BED-patients. These control subjects will eat lunch and dinner using Mandometer at home over one week, but they will, obviously, not participate in treatment.