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Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students

This study is testing two different approaches to help university students with eating disorders (excluding anorexia nervosa), including binge-eating disorder. One approach is called "Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students" (BEST-U), which uses a smartphone app and coaching sessions. The other is "Present-Centered Therapy" (PCT), a brief therapy focusing on current life stressors. The study aims to see if these interventions can reduce binge eating and other eating disorder symptoms. You might be able to join if you are a student at KU, aged 18 to 65, and have bulimia nervosa or binge-eating disorder. The study plans to enroll 74 students, but its current status is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 74 participants. It compares two behavioral interventions: BEST-U and Present-Centered Therapy.
What's involved
You would participate in a 12-week intervention, with weekly measurements of eating disorder symptoms and daily surveys for BEST-U.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed up at 3 and 6 months after the intervention.

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NCT07060534

Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students

Recruiting
NAAges 18–65InterventionalTreatment
University of Kansas
~74 participants
Updated 2026-01-14 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University StudentsPresent-Centered Therapy

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Binge eating and total number of eating disorder symptoms measured through the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory
Measured over Baseline, 12-week intervention (weekly), and 3- and 6-month follow-ups
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Eating Disorders (Excluding Anorexia Nervosa)
Binge-Eating Disorder

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Kansas1

Study leadership

  • Kelsie Forbush, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Kansas

Who to contact

Kelsie Forbush, PhD
[email protected]
785-864-6525
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Age ≥ 18 years.
Student enrolled at KU.
Bulimia nervosa (BN) or binge-eating disorder (BED) (or sub-threshold BN or BED).
Access to a smartphone.
No uncorrected vision problems that would interfere with ability to participate in the study.
Students taking psychotropic medications must be on a stable therapeutic dose for four weeks prior to study enrollment.
Able to read and speak fluent English.

Exclusion

Presence of current moderate/severe suicidal ideation with active intent.
Significant psychopathology that could interfere with treatment (e.g., current substance-use disorder or psychosis).
Medical conditions or medications that could interfere with treatment (e.g., Type 1 diabetes mellitus, cancer, current pregnancy or nursing, taking corticosteroids, etc.).
Lab abnormalities indicating medical instability (e.g., low heart rate, electrolyte disturbance, acute medical complications of malnutrition) or another medical problem that would prevent outpatient care as determined through physical health assessment by the student's local clinician.
Already receiving therapy for an ED.
Positive screen for anorexia nervosa (AN), atypical AN (AAN), and/or low body weight (i.e., BMI \< 19.5) or avoidant and restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

What this trial measures

  • Binge eating and total number of eating disorder symptoms measured through the Eating Pathology Symptoms InventoryBaseline, 12-week intervention (weekly), and 3- and 6-month follow-ups

    The EPSI is a well-validated self-report questionnaire measuring disordered eating symptoms appropriate for use across the weight spectrum and across several demographic groups.

  • BEST-U Daily Behavior Survey12-week intervention (daily)

    Includes self-report of number of daily behaviors, such as binge eating episodes and meal skipping