# Changes in Dopamine Levels Before and After Weight Restoration in People With Anorexia Nervosa

> **NCT00670293** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **New York State Psychiatric Institute** · enrollment: 50 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Eating Disorders

## Interventions

- **RADIATION:** Positron Emission Tomography (PET) using [11C]raclopride
- **DRUG:** Methylphenidate
- **PROCEDURE:** Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00670293
- **Lead sponsor:** New York State Psychiatric Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-07
- **Primary completion:** 2015-07
- **Final completion:** 2015-12
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00670293

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00670293, "Changes in Dopamine Levels Before and After Weight Restoration in People With Anorexia Nervosa". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00670293. Licensed CC0.

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