Estrogen as Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

About this study

The Li-Transformative Hub for Research into Eating Disorders (Li-THRED) at Monash University is conducting a double-blinded randomised controlled trial exploring the effectiveness of estrogen to treat eating disorder symptoms in women with anorexia nervosa. It is hypothesised that estrogen will improve eating disorder symptoms as compared to placebo.

Research TeamProfessor Jayashri Kulkarni, Dr Eva Gregertsen, Dr Romi Goldschlager, Dr Eveline Mu
InstitutionMonash University
Websitehttps://www.monash.edu/alumni/home/homepage-news/thred-transformative-hub-for-research-into-eating-disorders
Ethics Approval NumberHREC/100958/Alfred-2023
Funding SourcePhilanthropy
Project Start Date1 April 2024
Project End Date1 April 2026
ParticipantsFemales aged 16 and over living with anorexia nervosa (including in partial remission and atypical anorexia nervosa)
What is Involved5 Visits to our research site in Melbourne over a 3 month duration + 1 additional visit 3 months after end of treatment.
Location607 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Contact Details

THRED@monash.edu

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