2024
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Lisdexamfetamine, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Grilo C, Ivezaj V, Tek C, Yurkow S, Wiedemann A, Gueorguieva R. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Lisdexamfetamine, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39659158, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive-behavioral therapyBinge-eating disorderEffectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapyBinge-eating remission ratesEating-disorder psychopathologyCognitive behavioral therapyEvidence-based treatmentsRemission ratePercent weight lossHigher remission ratesBinge-eating frequencyBehavioral therapyPosttreatment assessmentLisdexamfetamineRandomized controlled trialsHeightened ratesCostly public health problemIntention-to-treat ratesFunctional impairmentWeight lossControlled trialsDisordersPosttreatmentIndividualized treatmentMixed models
2022
Naltrexone-Bupropion and Behavior Therapy, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial
Grilo CM, Lydecker JA, Fineberg SK, Moreno JO, Ivezaj V, Gueorguieva R. Naltrexone-Bupropion and Behavior Therapy, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2022, 179: 927-937. PMID: 36285406, PMCID: PMC9722598, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral weight loss therapyBinge-eating disorderPlacebo groupBupropion groupWeight lossRandomized double-blind placebo-controlled trialDouble-blind placebo-controlled trialLogistic regressionBinge-eating remissionPlacebo-controlled trialWeight loss therapyDouble-blind placeboSerious public health problemPublic health problemEvidence-based treatmentsRate of participantsBinge-eating frequencyBinge Eating DisorderMedical comorbiditiesRemission rateLoss therapyPercent weight lossMixed modelsFunctional impairmentSecondary measures
2020
Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavioral Weight Loss and Stepped Care for Binge‐Eating Disorder: 12‐Month Follow‐up
Grilo CM, White MA, Ivezaj V, Gueorguieva R. Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavioral Weight Loss and Stepped Care for Binge‐Eating Disorder: 12‐Month Follow‐up. Obesity 2020, 28: 2116-2124. PMID: 32985114, PMCID: PMC7644623, DOI: 10.1002/oby.22975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral weight lossStepped careWeight lossWeight loss medicationsRandomized Controlled TrialsSignificant weight lossBinge-eating disorderBinge-eating frequencySignificant time effectBinge Eating DisorderCognitive behavioral therapyRemission rateControlled TrialsTreatment respondersLong-term effectsBehavioral therapyMixed modelsPatientsCareObesitySignificant reductionTreatmentMonthsPosttreatmentDisorders
2013
Self-help for binge eating disorder in primary care: A randomized controlled trial with ethnically and racially diverse obese patients
Grilo CM, White MA, Gueorguieva R, Barnes RD, Masheb RM. Self-help for binge eating disorder in primary care: A randomized controlled trial with ethnically and racially diverse obese patients. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2013, 51: 855-861. PMID: 24189569, PMCID: PMC3863907, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiverse obese patientsUsual careObese patientsSelf-help CBTPrimary careEating Disorder ExaminationPrimary care interventionsPrimary care settingSelf-help versionFour-month treatmentSelf-help treatmentFront-line interventionCognitive behavioral therapyRemission rateMixed modelsCare interventionsCare settingsPatientsGeneralist settingsBehavioral therapyDisorder ExaminationDisorder psychopathologyWeight lossBingeCare
2001
A multivariate generalized linear mixed model for joint modelling of clustered outcomes in the exponential family
Gueorguieva R. A multivariate generalized linear mixed model for joint modelling of clustered outcomes in the exponential family. Statistical Modelling 2001, 1: 177-193. DOI: 10.1177/1471082x0100100302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExponential familyMonte Carlo EM algorithmJoint multivariate normal distributionGeneralized linear mixed modelMultivariate normal distributionMaximum likelihood estimation approachRandom effectsMultivariate caseData examplesMultivariate generalizationEM algorithmJoint modellingMultiple outcome variablesRestrictive assumptionsEstimation approachMeasures dataNormal distributionLinear mixed modelsMore variablesScore testMixed modelsSingle modelData setsAssumptionQuadrature