Olanzapine for young PEople with aNorexia nervosa: An open-label feasibility study to test recruitment, treatment acceptance, adherence, safety, outcome measures and patients' experience to prepare for a randomised placebo-controlled trial (OPEN)

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/2005717

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Funded Activity Summary

Olanzapine seems to be a helpful and safe medication in anorexia nervosa (AN), but it is not approved for AN. We will perform a preliminary study with 70 patients with AN (15 in Australia and 50 in the UK, age: 12-24 years) who can safely take olanzapine and have not gained sufficient weight or experienced improvement in their AN symptoms under specialist care. We will the acceptability and feasibility of olanzapine in AN. Patients will be examined after 8 and 16 weeks, 6 months and 12 months.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2020

End Date: End date not available

Funding Scheme: International Collaborations

Funding Amount: $190,799.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

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Other Keywords

anorexia nervosa | antipsychotic drugs | clinical research | drug treatment

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