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Improving the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Children Through Virtual Reality Body Exposure

RecruitingNAAges any - 14 YearsAllUniversity of Barcelona
NCT06166355 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The age of onset of anorexia nervosa has been progressively decreasing in recent years. Also, the prevalence rates of childhood anorexia in many countries have grown significantly. This increase was already observed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the confinements and the stress derived from them have caused this increase to accelerate. As in adolescent and adult patients, in childhood anorexia some of the core signs and symptoms are an extreme fear of gaining weight and avoidance of food. The consequences of the early-onset of anorexia can be very important since the maturation of the organism is more incomplete in children than in adolescents. Weight loss can have very severe consequences, since in children the percentage of body fat is lower. On the other hand, hormonal disorders derived from food deprivation also have very severe consequences for the development of different organs

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a primary diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (DSM-V) * Patients below 14 years old * Patients with BMI \<18.5 * Subsyndromal patients will also be included Exclusion Criteria: * Visual deficits * Epilepsy or neuroleptic medication * Psychotic disorder * Bipolar disorder * Medical complications * Pregnancy * Clinical cardiac arrhythmia
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What it tests

  • Attentional Bias Modification Training
  • VR-based body exposure
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy
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Where

1 site
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain
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