Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa
Keywords: Pilot Project, Clinical Trial, Treatment Outcome, Psychopharmacology
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 34
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-psychotic medication, Olanzapine, in achieving desired weight gain in patients identified as having Anorexia Nervosa, either restricting or binge/purge subtype. The study will also evaluate the possible beneficial effects of Olanzapine in reducing the severity of the obsessive and/or anxiety symptoms associated with this disorder.

Detailed description:
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-psychotic medication, Olanzapine, in achieving desired weight gain in patients identified as having Anorexia Nervosa, either restricting or binge/purge subtype. The study will also evaluate the possible beneficial effects of Olanzapine in reducing the severity of the obsessive and/or anxiety symptoms associated with this disorder.

Arms:
arm 1: Placebo and Treatment as usual (Day Hospital Program). After a 2-week baseline period, placebo was administered for 10 weeks (weeks 3-12 of the study). Day hospital program involved attendance 4 days a week from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm for 12 to 14 weeks, and supervised meals and group therapy. arm 2: After a 2-week baseline period, Olanzapine was administered for 10 weeks (weeks 3-12 of the study). Olanzapine was prescribed according to a flexible dose regimen, starting at the minimum dose of 2.5 mg/day and titrated slowly by increments of 2.5 mg/week to a maximum dose of 10 mg/day. Day hospital program involved attendance 4 days a week from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm for 12 to 14 weeks, and supervised meals and group therapy.

Interventions: intervention 1: Olanzapine intervention 2: Day Hospital
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: After a 2-week baseline period, olanzapine was administered for 10 weeks (weeks 3-12 of the study). Olanzapine was prescribed according to a flexible dose regimen, starting at the minimum dose of at 2.5 mg/day and titrated slowly by increments of 2.5 mg/week to a maximum dose of of 10 mg/day. intervention 2: Day hospital program involved attendance 4 days a week from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm for 12 to 14 weeks, and supervised meals and group therapy.

Protocol document: