Condition

Bulimia Nervosa clinical trials and research

• 23Clinical trials
• 6NIH research projects
• 11Countries

Newest Bulimia Nervosa clinical trials

All recruiting trials (23)

• Eating Disorder Dynamic Intervention

  A digital program is tested to help adults with eating disorders by sending real-time, personalized coping tips based on smartphone surveys and sensor data.

  Recruiting Trustees of Dartmouth College · Lebanon, New Hampshire · NCT07600671

• Understanding and Targeting Self-Regulatory Control in Bulimia Nervosa

  In women with bulimia nervosa, this study tests whether real-time brain feedback during eating, paired with a 4-week text-message program, can help improve self-control and reduce symptoms.

  Recruiting Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, New York · NCT07581158

• MDMA-assisted therapy for bulimia nervosa

  This study tests whether MDMA-assisted therapy can help people with bulimia nervosa over a 10-week period.

  Recruiting Phase 1 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, New York · NCT07542145

• Cognitive evaluation for people with eating disorders

  This project tests whether thinking skills (like cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control) and automatic food-related attitudes differ among people aged 14–65 with ARFID, anorexia, or bulimia.

  Recruiting at 3 sites Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA · Pavia, PV and 2 other locations · NCT07478510

• An AI chatbot to help teens and young adults with eating disorders manage anxiety about weight gain

  This project will test an AI-powered chatbot that delivers exposure-based exercises to help adolescents and young adults in a partial hospitalization program reduce anxiety about weight gain.

  Recruiting Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Hershey, Pennsylvania · NCT07237607

• Digital twins to classify mental health patterns in adults with diabetes

  This project will try to create 'digital twin' profiles that combine glucose, mood, and behavior data to track mental health patterns in adults with diabetes.

  Recruiting Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes Akademie Mergentheim · Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Wurttemberg and 2 other locations · NCT07212075

• Gastrointestinal symptoms during weight restoration in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa with different diets

  This project will test whether different nutritional strategies (flexitarian, vegetarian, or vegan) change gastrointestinal symptoms during multi-week inpatient weight rehabilitation for people with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

  Recruiting University Hospital Tuebingen · Bad Bevensen · NCT07112014

• Mobile app training to strengthen control over food

  This project tests whether a four-week mobile app (FoodTraining) can strengthen food-related self-control for people with obesity, binge-eating disorder, or bulimia who are receiving usual outpatient care.

  Recruiting University of Padova · Padova, Padova · NCT07075952

• Using fMRI to study brain activity in patients with eating disorders

  This study is testing how brain activity changes in people with anorexia or bulimia over a year to see if these changes relate to their symptoms getting better.

  Recruiting at 2 sites Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS · Florence and 1 other locations · NCT06874348

• Using AI and VR to help treat eating disorders

  This study is testing new virtual reality tools powered by artificial intelligence to see if they can help people with eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia feel better faster than traditional therapy.

  Recruiting Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica · Messina, Italy · NCT06799962

• Long-term observation of severe eating disorders

  This study is tracking adolescents and adults with severe eating disorders over many years to see what factors affect their health and recovery.

  Recruiting Uppsala University Hospital · Uppsala · NCT06752304

• Genetic study on eating disorders

  This study is trying to understand the genetic and environmental causes of eating disorders by gathering information from 20,000 people with different eating disorders and healthy individuals.

  Recruiting at 5 sites University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, North Carolina and 4 other locations · NCT06594913

• Investigating brain activity related to decision making in eating disorders

  This study is trying to see how the brains of women with anorexia and bulimia react when making decisions about food compared to women without eating disorders.

  Recruiting University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, California · NCT06566612

• New treatment program for adolescents with eating disorders

  This study is testing a new treatment program for teenagers with serious eating disorders to see if it helps them feel better and recover over about 16 to 20 weeks.

  Recruiting Fundació Sant Joan de Déu · Barcelona · NCT06431854

• Therapeutic ketogenic diet for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

  This 14-week program will try a therapeutic ketogenic diet to see if it helps adults with anorexia nervosa (both weight-recovered and mildly underweight) and a small pilot of people with bulimia nervosa reduce restrictive or binge‑purge behaviors and improve mood and body satisfaction.

  Recruiting University of California, San Diego · San Diego, California · NCT06000774

• Understanding how eating affects control in bulimia nervosa

  This study is trying to see how eating affects decision-making and control in people with bulimia nervosa by using brain scans and mobile assessments.

  Recruiting Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, New York · NCT05995496

• Exploring the mechanisms behind eating disorders

  This study looks at how the brain and body work in people with anorexia and bulimia to find clues that could help with diagnosis and treatment.

  Recruiting Peking University · Beijing · NCT05862389

• Group Schema Therapy for Complex Eating Disorders

  This study is testing a new group therapy called Group Schema Therapy to see if it can help people with complex eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia feel better when other treatments haven't worked.

  Recruiting at 7 sites Maastricht University · Breda and 6 other locations · NCT05812950

• Neurofeedback treatment for women with bulimia nervosa

  This study tests if a new brain training method can help women with bulimia nervosa improve their control over eating and reduce their symptoms.

  Recruiting Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, New York · NCT05614024

• Improving digital health tools for treating bulimia and binge eating disorders

  This study is testing different ways to use digital tools alongside therapy to see which methods help people with bulimia and binge eating disorder the most.

  Recruiting Nemours Children's Clinic · Wilmington, Delaware · NCT05473013

• Investigating brain function in anorexia and bulimia nervosa

  This study is trying to see how the brains of women with anorexia and bulimia respond to rewards compared to healthy women, using brain scans while they do tasks and eat a meal.

  Recruiting University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, California · NCT05056597

• A platform for collecting health data on ME/CFS and Long Covid

  This study is trying to collect health information from adults with ME/CFS and Long Covid to help researchers better understand these conditions and improve future treatments.

  Recruiting Brain Inflammation Collaborative · Delafield, Wisconsin · NCT04806620

• Long-term study on eating disorders

  This study is trying to understand eating disorders like Anorexia and Bulimia by looking at patients over time to find clues that could help improve treatments.

  Recruiting Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital · Ballerup Municipality, Capitol Region · NCT03224091

NIH-funded research (6)

Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.

• How reward, motivation, and learning drive anorexia and bulimia

  This project looks at how people with anorexia or bulimia experience pleasure, motivation, and learning about food to understand why disordered eating keeps happening.

  NIH research University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, United States · NIH-11251274

• Brain control during hunger and after eating in bulimia nervosa

  This project looks at whether fasting versus eating changes brain signals that influence self-control in adults with bulimia nervosa.

  NIH research Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, United States · NIH-11243504

• Understanding how exploration develops in adolescents with bulimia nervosa

  This study is looking at how teenage girls with bulimia nervosa explore their surroundings and make decisions, by checking out how their brains work compared to girls without the condition, to better understand what might help them during this important time in their development.

  NIH research Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, United States · NIH-11136740

• Understanding how people with anorexia and bulimia process rewards and learn from experiences

  This study is looking at why some people with eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia, struggle with food even when it hurts them, by exploring how their brains respond to rewards and learn from their experiences, and it invites patients to share their thoughts and feelings about eating.

  NIH research University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, United States · NIH-11046539

• Understanding brain functions related to cognitive control in bulimia nervosa

  This study is looking at how the brain works when people with bulimia nervosa make decisions about eating, to better understand how their control over food choices changes during eating and fasting, which could lead to new ways to help them.

  NIH research Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, United States · NIH-11010376

• Understanding how avoidance affects decision-making in anorexia and bulimia

  This study is looking at how the way we learn to avoid bad experiences affects eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, with the hope of finding better ways to help people who struggle with these issues.

  NIH research University of California, San Diego · La Jolla, United States · NIH-10996019

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Quick answers

How many Bulimia Nervosa clinical trials are recruiting right now?

23, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 11 countries. The most sites are in United States (12 trials), Italy (4 trials), Germany (2 trials), Sweden (2 trials), Denmark (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 1: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

How do I join one?

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