Development and Testing of a Peer-Coaching Model for the Treatment of Eating Disorders

NCT05562258 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: STUDY-22-00748
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project includes developing and testing a coaching approach during the treatment of eating disorders. It is expected that with the addition of support outside of regular treatment, caregivers will experience improvements in emotional taxation and patients will strengthen skills necessary for recovery. Twelve weeks of coaching will be incorporated into standard treatment. Randomization will occur placing participants into (1) parent coaching + patient educational materials or (2) parent educational materials + patient coaching.

Conditions

Eating Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (EDRSQ)

  Changes in patient self-efficacy will be measured using the EDRSQ, which is a 23-item instrument that assesses self-efficacy with eating disorder behaviors and attitudes. Total scores range from 1-5 with higher scores indicating greater self-efficacy. Changes in self-efficacy will be calculated using the baseline and 12-week scores from the EDRSQ.

  Baseline and 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Change in Parents Versus Anorexia Scale (PVA)

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS)

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D)

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA)

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in weight

  Baseline and 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Parent Coaching and Patient Education

EXPERIMENTAL

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to a coach and patients will have access to weekly educational material.

Behavioral: Parent Coaching and Patient Education

Parent Education and Patient Coaching

EXPERIMENTAL

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to weekly educational material and patients will have access to a coach.

Behavioral: Parent Education and Patient Coaching

Interventions

Parent Coaching and Patient Education BEHAVIORAL

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to a coach and patients will have access to weekly educational material.

Parent Coaching and Patient Education

Parent Education and Patient Coaching BEHAVIORAL

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to weekly educational material and patients will have access to a coach.

Parent Education and Patient Coaching

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Ages 12 to 18 at entry to the study
• DSM-5 Diagnosis of an eating disorder
• Enrollment in treatment at the Center of Excellence for Eating and Weight Disorders Speak English
• Have access to a phone with WiFi or a data plan
• Parent and child/patient both willing to participate

You may not qualify if:

• Current or lifetime history of learning disorder or developmental disorder
• Acute suicide risk

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders Program

New York, New York, 10029, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Interventions

Patient Education as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Education; Preventive Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Tom Hildebrandt, PsyD

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Tom Hildebrandt, PsyD

CONTACT

212-659-8673; tom.hildebrandt@mssm.edu

Jessica Bibeau, MA

CONTACT

212-659-8724; jessica.bibeau@mssm.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Psychiatry and Chief of the Division of Eating & Weight Disorders

Model Details: Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions in a parallel design including a 12-week intervention. Participants will be recruited from the Center of Excellence in Eating and Weight Disorders Program (EWDP) until the recruitment goal of 70, 35 in each group, is reached.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 28, 2022
• First Posted: September 30, 2022
• Study Start: May 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Last Updated: October 7, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)