Recruiting

Coaching Approach

Sponsor:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Code:

NCT05562258

Conditions

Eating Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Parent Coaching and Patient Education

Parent Education and Patient Coaching

Study Details

Brief summary:

This project includes developing and testing a coaching approach during the treatment of eating disorders. It is expected that with the addition of support outside of regular treatment, caregivers will experience improvements in emotional taxation and patients will strengthen skills necessary for recovery. Twelve weeks of coaching will be incorporated into standard treatment. Randomization will occur placing participants into (1) parent coaching + patient educational materials or (2) parent educational materials + patient coaching.

Conditions

Eating Disorder

Study ID

NCT05562258

Start date

May 1, 2023

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Oct, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Ages 12 to 18 at entry to the study
  • DSM-5 Diagnosis of an eating disorder
  • Enrollment in treatment at the Center of Excellence for Eating and Weight Disorders Speak English
  • Have access to a phone with WiFi or a data plan
  • Parent and child/patient both willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current or lifetime history of learning disorder or developmental disorder
  • Acute suicide risk

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Parent Coaching and Patient Education

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to a coach and patients will have access to weekly educational material.

experimental: Parent Education and Patient Coaching

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to weekly educational material and patients will have access to a coach.

Interventions

Parent Coaching and Patient Education

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to a coach and patients will have access to weekly educational material.

Parent Education and Patient Coaching

This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to weekly educational material and patients will have access to a coach.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (EDRSQ) [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Tom Hildebrandt, PsyD

212-659-8673tom.hildebrandt@mssm.edu

Jessica Bibeau, MA

212-659-8724jessica.bibeau@mssm.edu

Locations

Department of Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders Program

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10029

Contacts

Jessica Bibeau, MA

212-659-8724jessica.bibeau@mssm.edu

Principal Investigator:

Tom Hildebrandt

More Information

Sponsor

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Last update posted

Sep 8, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on 2026-09-08.