Ghrelin With Anorexia Nervosa

The PICOWO research group in corporation with the University of Amsterdam (Artificial Intelligence) has developed a computer simulationmodel of eating disorders (Bosse, Delfos, Jonker & Treur, 2003). In a running Phd project we want to add ghrelin to the model. The idea for this current research is to collect clinical information about the functioning and (patho)physiology of ghrelin in patients with AN, so we can extend the simulation.

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Key information

Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

12 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Hospital Maastricht

Maastricht, Limburg, 6202 AZ, Netherlands

About this study

Eating disorders are in need of new perspectives. A better understanding of the appetite in patients with eating disorders, especially Anorexia Nervosa, could be investigated by the levels of ghrelin in patients with and without tube feeding.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Studypopulation: Patiënts: all female, non -age coupled.
Subgroup patients without tube feeding, with tube feeding and a healthy matched control group.
Control group: healty volunteers of the University of Maastricht.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a history of eating disorder different than AN or a psychiatric history.
Control group: no history of eating disorders or other psychiatric disabilities. Normal physical examination, ecg, laboratorium (blood cells, liver, kidneys)

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Concentration of ghrelin in blood.

Time frame: 1 morning

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Maastricht University Medical Center

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Registry information

Official study title

Level of Ghrelin With Anorexia Nervosa (AN) Patients. Subgroup AN: With and Without Tubefeeding.

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2012
First posted: Jan 21, 2009
Registry last updated: Jan 9, 2018

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