Neurofeedback During Eating for Bulimia Nervosa
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 30 people, planned
- Started
- 13 May 2024
- Expected to end
- Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a sham (pretend) treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Real fNIRS Neurofeedback
- Sham-Control fNIRS Neurofeedback
- Record updated
- 4 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 45 years
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Female
- Aged 18 to 45 years
- Meet diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa
- Current body mass index greater than or equal to 18.5kg/m2 but under 30kg/m2
- English-speaking
Who cannot take part
- Ongoing medical treatment, major medical condition, or psychiatric disorder that may interfere with study variables or participation
- Current psychotherapy focused primarily on eating disorder symptoms
- Allergy to ingredients in the standardized meal or in the shake
- Pregnancy or planned pregnancy, or lactation during the study period
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 45 years old?
Where in United States
- Center for Computational Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, United StatesContact: Laura A. Berner (principal investigator)Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
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 a wearable brain imaging device, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The investigators will examine how this training may influence inhibitory control and BN symptoms.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Real fNIRS Neurofeedback ArmTreatment being tested
Participants assigned to the experimental arm will see their true, real-time brain activation (i.e., active real-time neurofeedback) during the neurofeedback session. This activation will be displayed to the participant as a thermometer that will increase as brain activation in the target region increases.
Treatment: Real fNIRS Neurofeedback
- Sham-Control fNIRS Neurofeedback ArmSham treatment, for comparison
Participants assigned to the sham-control arm will see false feedback (or a fake signal) that is not connected to their right vlPFC activation during the neurofeedback session.
Treatment: Sham-Control fNIRS Neurofeedback
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Neurofeedback During Eating: A Novel Mechanistic Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT05614024, who can take part
- Record updated
- 4 November 2026