INTERBED (The Internet and Binge Eating Disorder Study)
The Internet and Binge Eating Disorder (INTERBED) study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, noninferiority clinical trial (treatment duration, 4 months; follow-ups, 6 months and 1.5 years). The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of internet-based guided self-help (GSH-I) compared with traditional, individual face-to-face treatment using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
The study ran from August 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011; final follow-up assessment was in April 2014. Data analysis was performed from November 30, 2014, to May 27, 2015. A volunteer sample of 178 adult outpatients with full or subsyndromal Binge Eating Disorder (BED) were recruited from 7 university-based outpatient clinics from Germany and Switzerland. Participants received 20 individual face-to-face CBT sessions of 50 minutes each or sequentially completed 11 internet modules and had weekly email contacts.
NetUnion contributed the 11 Internet based modules which were based on a based Guided Self Help program developed and evaluation in previous European Research projects SALUT and INTACT. More about the STEP-Online and the Salut BED program
Results showed that Face-to-face CBT leads to quicker and greater reductions in the number of OBE days, abstinence rates, and eating disorder psychopathologic findings and may be a better initial treatment option than GSH-I. Internet-based guided self-help remains a viable, slower-acting, low-threshold treatment alternative compared with CBT for adults with BED. See the published article from JAMA psychaitry.
The study ran from August 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011; final follow-up assessment was in April 2014. Data analysis was performed from November 30, 2014, to May 27, 2015. A volunteer sample of 178 adult outpatients with full or subsyndromal Binge Eating Disorder (BED) were recruited from 7 university-based outpatient clinics from Germany and Switzerland. Participants received 20 individual face-to-face CBT sessions of 50 minutes each or sequentially completed 11 internet modules and had weekly email contacts.
NetUnion contributed the 11 Internet based modules which were based on a based Guided Self Help program developed and evaluation in previous European Research projects SALUT and INTACT. More about the STEP-Online and the Salut BED program
Results showed that Face-to-face CBT leads to quicker and greater reductions in the number of OBE days, abstinence rates, and eating disorder psychopathologic findings and may be a better initial treatment option than GSH-I. Internet-based guided self-help remains a viable, slower-acting, low-threshold treatment alternative compared with CBT for adults with BED. See the published article from JAMA psychaitry.
Partner list
- Martina de Zwaan MD, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Germany
- Stephan Herpertz, MD, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL-University, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Stephan Zipfel, MD, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Jennifer Svaldi, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Hans-Christoph Friederich, MD, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Dr. Anja Hilbert, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany .
- Carmen Schade-Brittinger, PhD, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Andreas Mayr, PhD, Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Tony Lam, MBA, NetUnion SARL, Lausanne, Switzerland