Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa Eating Disorder Anxiety Depression
Keywords: Testosterone Hormones Mental Health
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 90
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The investigators are investigating whether a hormone that is naturally produced by the human body, called testosterone, can help improve weight, disordered eating, depression, and anxiety. The investigators hypothesize that testosterone will be a novel and effective endocrine-targeted therapy for patients with anorexia nervosa.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Testosterone x 24 weeks arm 2: Placebo x 24 weeks

Interventions: intervention 1: Testosterone intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Testosterone 300mcg transdermal patch x 24 weeks. intervention 2: Placebo transdermal patch x 24 weeks

Protocol document: