3-Dimensional Optical Scanning to Assess and Monitor Malnutrition in Eating Disorders (3D-ED) Study
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of California, San Francisco
- Where
- Denver and San Francisco, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 90 people, planned
- Starts
- Jan 2027
- Expected to end
- May 2031
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 15 years to 26 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) or atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN), restricting or purging subtype, per DSM-5
- Age 15 to 26 years
- Medical instability warranting an inpatient hospitalization defined by either:; vital signs: daytime heart rate below 50 bpm or nighttime heart rate below 45 bpm, blood pressure below 90/50 mm Hg, temperature below 36 C, orthostatic increase in heart rate above 20 bpm or decrease in systolic blood pressure above 20 mm Hg or decrease in diastolic blood pressure above 10 mm Hg from lying to standing, or median BMI below 75 percent; or; laboratory abnormality: AST above 40 IU/L, ALT above 30 IU/L, estimated GFR below 90 or cystatin C below 0.7 mg/L, albumin below 3.7 g/dL, or prealbumin below 20 mg/dL
- Extreme AN is defined as BMI below 15 kg/m2 or serious medical complications warranting admission to ACUTE (Denver Site)
Who cannot take part
- Metal implants or devices that interfere with study procedures
- Another primary diagnosis causing malnutrition (not an eating disorder)
- Bulimia nervosa
- Current active suicidality
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 15 and 26 years old?
Where in United States
- ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Malnutrition at Denver HealthDenver, United StatesContact: Judy Oakes, PhDNot yet recruiting
- University of California San Francisco-Benioff Children's HospitalSan Francisco, United StatesContact: Andrea K Garber, PhD, RDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
People with anorexia nervosa often become medically unstable because of severe malnutrition and require hospitalization for nutritional rehabilitation. Clinicians currently rely heavily on body weight to assess malnutrition, but body weight does not always reflect the severity of illness. This study will use infrared scanning to assess body composition in adolescents and young adults hospitalized with anorexia nervosa. Researchers will then examine how organ and tissue stores relate to the degree of malnutrition, predict nutritional needs and medical restoration in hospital, and recovery outcomes over the following year. The goal is to develop more individualized approaches to nutritional rehabilitation and improve recovery for individuals with malnutrition due to eating disorders.
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.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07726524, who can take part
- Record updated
- 24 July 2026