Eating Disorders Trial, Recruiting (NCT05788042)

Eating Disorders Trial, Recruiting NCT05788042 Sponsor: The George Institute Condition: Eating Disorders

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Who may be able to join

AI generated eligibility summary. Written by an AI model from the official source data and checked on a sample basis. It can contain mistakes, so confirm anything important against the original source. How we use AI

Who might be able to join this trial:

You are 16 years old or older
You have a current diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (confirmed using standard DSM-5 criteria)
You are willing and able to take part and follow the study's requirements
You have worked or studied in a setting where you needed to speak English to some degree (this is needed to make sure the memory and thinking tests are valid)
You are currently being looked after by your own psychiatrist

Who may not be able to join:

You are not able to give informed consent to take part in the study
You have a medical reason why you cannot receive tDCS or rTMS (types of non-invasive brain stimulation treatments) (confirm with trial site)
You have already tried a full course of rTMS (at least 4 weeks) during your current illness and it did not help
You have had ECT (electroconvulsive therapy, a type of brain treatment) in the last 3 months
You scored below 26 on a standard memory and thinking assessment called the MoCA (confirm with trial site)
You are considered by the study psychiatrist to be at significant risk of seriously harming yourself or suicide
You are currently taking part in another clinical trial or using an experimental medical device or product

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.

Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.

This is a simplified plain English summary of the eligibility criteria. Full criteria are set by the trial investigators and may include additional requirements not shown here. Never self-exclude from a trial based on this summary. Contact the trial site directly to confirm your eligibility.

Last synced 28 July 2026

This study is not part of the standard drug-approval phase pathway (for example an observational, device, behavioural, or registry study), so a phase success rate does not apply.

Contact this trial

Principal Investigator: Sloane Madden, Assoc. Prof., University of Sydney, Ramsay Health Care

Phone: 02 9382 8353

Australian sites

Northside Clinic, Sydney, New South Wales

Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.

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Date:

To: My Doctor

Re: Clinical trial enquiry

I am writing to enquire about the following clinical trial which may be relevant to my care:

Trial: NCT05788042

Sponsor: The George Institute

Phase: Not Applicable

Status: Recruiting

Condition: Eating Disorders

Trial contact: 02 9382 8353

More information: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05788042

Eligibility summary (AI generated)

Written by an AI model from ClinicalTrials.gov eligibility criteria and checked on a sample basis. Please confirm against the original criteria.

Who might be able to join this trial:

You are 16 years old or older
You have a current diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (confirmed using standard DSM-5 criteria)
You are willing and able to take part and follow the study's requirements
You have worked or studied in a setting where you needed to speak English to some degree (this is needed to make sure the memory and thinking tests are valid)
You are currently being looked after by your own psychiatrist

Who may not be able to join:

You are not able to give informed consent to take part in the study
You have a medical reason why you cannot receive tDCS or rTMS (types of non-invasive brain stimulation treatments) (confirm with trial site)
You have already tried a full course of rTMS (at least 4 weeks) during your current illness and it did not help
You have had ECT (electroconvulsive therapy, a type of brain treatment) in the last 3 months
You scored below 26 on a standard memory and thinking assessment called the MoCA (confirm with trial site)
You are considered by the study psychiatrist to be at significant risk of seriously harming yourself or suicide
You are currently taking part in another clinical trial or using an experimental medical device or product

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.

Access in Australia: A treatment being studied in a clinical trial is generally not yet listed on the PBS. Where a medicine is not approved or not available through a trial, the TGA Special Access Scheme may allow a doctor to access unapproved therapeutic goods for individual patients. See voxsanity.com.au/sas-navigator/ for a plain English explainer.

This information was sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov via Voxsanity (data last synced 28 July 2026). It is not medical advice. Please verify the trial's current status directly with the trial site before acting.

Trial details

Status

Recruiting

Phase

Not Applicable

Sponsor

The George Institute

Registry

ClinicalTrials.gov

Start date

2 August 2023

Est. completion

1 April 2026

Where this trial is recruiting

🇦🇺 Australia

1 site(s) in Australia. Confirm current status and contact details directly with the trial site.

Primary endpoints

Effectiveness - Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE Q); Acceptability

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Expanded access pathways

If this trial is not available to you, other access pathways may exist. In Australia, the TGA Special Access Scheme allows access to unapproved therapeutic goods for individual patients.

TGA Special Access Scheme information

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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 28 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.

Trial recruitment status can change without notice between our nightly data updates. Always contact the trial site directly to confirm current recruitment status before making any decisions or travel arrangements.

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