Internet-delivered CBT for Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - a Pilot Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT01809990
• Lead Sponsor: Eva Serlachius

Brief Summary

The main goal of this trial is to study the feasibility and effectiveness of internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-11
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-13
• Primary Completion: 2014-01
• Study Completion: 2014-01
• Status Verified: 2014-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2014-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 21

Inclusion Criteria

• a primary diagnosis of OCD as defined by DSM-IV TR
• a total score of above 15 on the CY-BOCS
• age between 12 and 17 years
• ability to read and write Swedish
• daily access to the internet
• a parent that is able to co-participate in the treatment
• Participants on psychotropic medication must have been on a stable dose for the last 6 weeks prior to baseline assessment
• signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• diagnosed autism spectrum disorder, psychosis or bipolar disorder
• suicidal ideation
• ongoing substance dependence
• subject not able to read or understand the basics of the ICBT self-help material
• completed CBT for OCD within last 12 months (defined as at least 5 sessions CBT including exposure and response prevention)
• ongoing psychological treatment for OCD or another anxiety disorder

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy	Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy	Participants will be assigned to a 12 weeks internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy program including therapist contact via an internet platform and telephone.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, CY-BOCS	Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended	Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 12 weeks and at 3- and 6 months after treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Depression Inventory	Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended	Symptom severity of depression in the adolescent will be assessed with Child Depression Inventory (CDI, Kovacs, 1985).
Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire	Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended	Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ, Goodman, 1997) is a widely used self- and parent-report behavioral screening questionnaire with six subscales: emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity-inattention, peer problems, prosocial behavior
Spence Child Anxiety Scale - Child and Parent version	Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended	Spence Child Anxiety Scale - Child and Parent version (SCAS/P, Spence, 1998) will be used as a child and parent self-report measure of anxiety related psychopathology.
Children's Obsessional Compulsive Inventory Revised	Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended	The Children's Obsessional Compulsive Inventory Revised, (CHOCI-R, Shafran et al., 2003) is a self- and parent-report measure of pediatric OCD symptom severity.
Child Obsessive-Compulsive Impact Scale - Revised	Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended	Child Obsessive-Compulsive Impact Scale - Revised (COIS-R, Piacentini, Peris, Bergman, Chang, \& Jaffer, 2007) is a self- and parent-report scale of OCD symptom impact on everyday life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karolinska insititute; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden