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Treatment of Binge Eating in Obese Patients in Primary Care

NCT00537810

RandomizedFactorialQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

This study will test the effectiveness of two empirically-supported but distinct treatments for recurrent binge eating in obese patients: 1) Cognitive Behavior Therapy, using a pure self-help approach and 2) sibutramine, an anti-obesity medication also found to have efficacy for binge eating. Self-help Cognitive Behavior Therapy and sibutramine will be administered alone and in combination in a primary care setting.

Timeline

Start
2007-09
Primary completion
2012-10
Completion
2012-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Sibutramine Small molecule 15 mg