NCT05382702

Fear, Gastrointestinal Distress, and Interoception: Physiological and Psychological Mechanisms in Eating Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 133 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The proposed study tests fear, gut peptide response, and perceptions of fullness as causes of gastrointestinal distress and eating disorder maintenance.

Conditions

• Feeding and Eating Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Test meal description changed	Using a within-subjects crossover design, on two separate mornings participants will eat yogurt described as 'high fat' and 'low fat.' In actuality, the meals will not differ.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-22
• Primary completion: 2025-03-20
• Completion: 2025-03-20
• First posted: 2022-05-19
• Last updated: 2026-04-15
• Results posted: 2026-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States