The RaISE Study

Take part in research on a treatment for young people with anorexia nervosa

Researchers at King's College London are conducting a study to investigate how a treatment called intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) may help relieve the symptoms of anorexia.

If you or someone you know is living with anorexia, you may be eligible to take part. Click below and take a short questionnaire to find out!

What is iTBS?

Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a type of brain-directed treatment we believe could be helpful for young people with anorexia. During iTBS, we hold a magnetic coil over an area of the brain that functions differently when someone has anorexia. The coil produces a sequence of pulses for 4 minutes, and these pulses travel through the scalp to activate brain cells underneath.

Who can take part?

To be eligible to take part you must:

Be aged between 13-30
Have a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa
Have undergone at least one full course of standard eating disorder treatment for anorexia nervosa, e.g., family-based therapy, in-patient treatment
Have a BMI over 14 (for participants over the age of 18) or over 66% of the median BMI for age and gender (for participants under the age of 18)
Have approval from your eating disorder clinician if you have one

What happens in the study?

To investigate whether iTBS is helpful for young people with anorexia, the RaISE study is recruiting participants to receive 20 sessions of real OR fake iTBS over four weeks.

By comparing people’s responses to the real iTBS and to the fake TBS, we can see whether the real iTBS is actually more effective than fake iTBS.

Those receiving the fake treatment will be offered a full course of the real iTBS after the study.

To investigate whether iTBS is helpful for young people with anorexia, the RaISE study is recruiting participants to receive 20 sessions of real OR fake iTBS over four weeks.

Participant information

For adults

For adolescents (under 16)

For parents/carers

We want to hear from you

If you're interested in taking part in this study, please read the participant information and then click below to fill in a short eligibility questionnaire.

IRAS Project ID: 318129 | Ethics Committee reference number: 23/YH/0158