This study will test the effectiveness of two empirically-supported but distinct treatments for recurrent binge eating in obese patients: 1) Cognitive Behavior Therapy, using a pure self-help approach and 2) sibutramine, an anti-obesity medication also found to have efficacy for binge eating. Self-help Cognitive Behavior Therapy and sibutramine will be administered alone and in combination in a primary care setting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
104
15 mg daily
Daily
Cognitive behavioral treatment manual for binge eating Sibutramine 15 mg daily
Yale Internal Medicine Associates (YIMA)
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) Primary Care Center (PCC)
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale Psychiatric Research at Congress Place
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Binge Eating (Remission)
Remission from binge eating (zero binge episodes during previous 28 days)
Time frame: 4 months treatment; 6 and 12 month follow up post treatment
BMI
BMI (kg/m\^2) was measured 4 months after treatment.
Time frame: 4 months
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