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Understanding and Targeting Self-Regulatory Control in Bulimia Nervosa
Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of noninvasive prefrontal cortex (PFC) neurofeedback during eating in women with bulimia nervosa (BN) using wearable brain imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), together with a brain-based 4-week text-messaging intervention. The investigators will examine how these interventions may influence inhibitory control and eating disorder symptoms in women with bulimia nervosa.
Official title: Understanding and Targeting Self-Regulatory Control in Bulimia Nervosa Via a Combined Real-Time Neurofeedback and Smartphone Intervention
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 55 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2026-04-25
Completion Date
2028-12-14
Last Updated
2026-05-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Real fNIRS Neurofeedback
Participants will be instructed to use real-time fNIRS neurofeedback to non-invasively regulate neural activation associated with symptoms in individuals with bulimia nervosa. During the training, participants will view images on a computer screen, listen to sounds, and consume a shake.
Sham-Control fNIRS Neurofeedback
Participants will be instructed to use sham-control fNIRS neurofeedback to non-invasively regulate neural activation associated with symptoms in individuals with bulimia nervosa. During the training, participants will view images on a computer screen, listen to sounds, and consume a shake.
SmartPhone Intervention
Over the subsequent 4 weeks, at the specific times when each individual is most likely to engage in eating disorder symptoms, participants will receive personalized messages to use mental strategies from their real-time or their sham-control fNIRS neurofeedback.
Locations (1)
Center for Computational Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States