Non-invasive Cranial Electrical Stimulation for Mealtime Anxiety in Adults With Eating Disorders
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Rogers Behavioral Health
- Where
- Oconomowoc, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 30 people, planned
- Started
- 3 Jun 2025
- Expected to end
- 1 Nov 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Alpha-Stim AID
- Record updated
- 12 August 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 30 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age 18-30 years old at the time of enrollment
- Enrolled in Rogers Behavioral Health Eating Disorder Recovery Program Inpatient Unit at the Oconomowoc, WI clinic location
- Have a primary diagnosis of any DSM-5 eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, other specified feeding or eating disorder)
- Ability to communicate effectively using written and spoken English
- Participant is eligible for mealtime anxiety support based on:; ≤ 75% meal plan compliance; Visible anxiety/distress during program meals; Engagement in compensatory behaviors or self-harm before, during, or after meals, or medical staff judge patient to be at risk of same
Who cannot take part
- Currently taking medication that reduces seizure threshold (e.g., clomipramine)
- History of seizure or black-out concussion
- Metal in the body of any kind (e.g., braces, pacemakers, metal plates or screws, intracranial electrodes, implanted devices/defibrillators, prostheses)
- Cranial pathologies (e.g., holes, plates)
- Pregnancy
- Risk of suicide/self-harm by self-strangulation with cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) device judged by study medical staff
- Participant calibrates to a stimulation level below 200 microampere (μA)
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 30 years old?
Where in United States
- Rogers Behavioral HealthOconomowoc, United StatesContact: Hana Zickgraf, Ph.D., M.A., B.A.Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The study is to evaluate the feasibility of using a non-invasive brain stimulation device in a sample of inpatients with eating disorders (ED). The study will help researchers evaluate whether their device protocol is practical for eating disorder inpatients as a way to manage eating disorder and anxiety symptoms. A secondary aim of the study is to evaluate preliminary effectiveness of the protocol for reducing pre-meal anxiety during the treatment, and explore effects on eating disorder symptoms over the course of the inpatient admission.
The group in the trial
- Alpha-Stim AID Intervention ArmTreatment being tested
Subjects will receive treatment as usual and non-invasive cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) intervention using the Alpha-Stim AID device.
Treatment: Alpha-Stim AID
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
- Investigating Non-invasive Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation for Acute Anxiety in Inpatients With Eating Disorders
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07017322, who can take part
- Record updated
- 12 August 2026