The purpose of this study is to determine if an Internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation skills will result in reductions in binge eating and weight loss or weight maintenance in overweight adolescents who binge eat.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Obesity Eating Disorder	Behavior: Reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation	Phase I

Further Study Details: 

Primary Outcomes: Frequency of binge eating; weight
Expected Total Enrollment:  120

The purpose of this study is to determine if an Internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation skills will result in reductions in binge eating and weight loss or weight maintenance in overweight adolescents who binge eat.

Ages Eligible for Study:  14 Years   -   18 Years,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female and male high school students
• 85th or greater percentile for age-adjusted weight
• objective binge eating one or more times weekly for a duration ≥ 3 months
• access to a computer with Internet access
• English literacy at a sixth grade reading level

Exclusion Criteria:

• current (or history of) diagnosis of anorexia or bulimia nervosa
• active suicidal ideation
• current enrollment in a formal weight loss or binge eating program (e.g., Weight Watchers)
• any medical condition in which the actual condition or treatment affects weight and/or appetite (i.e., cancer, diabetes)

Please refer to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov identifier  NCT00125112

Kristine H. Luce, Ph.D.      650-498-4315    kluce@stanford.edu
Darby Cunning, M.A.      650-723-9936    dcunning@stanford.edu

California
      Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford,  California,  94305-5722,  United States; Recruiting

Study chairs or principal investigators

C. Barr Taylor, M.D.,  Principal Investigator,  Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences   

Study ID Numbers:  DK65757
Last Updated:  August 1, 2005
Record first received:  July 29, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00125112
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-08-02