Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - a Pilot Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 21
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, CY-BOCS
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
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.
Intervention: Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, CY-BOCS
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Child Depression Inventory(Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended)
- Strengths Difficulties Questionnaire(Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended)
- Spence Child Anxiety Scale - Child and Parent version(Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended)
- Children's Obsessional Compulsive Inventory Revised(Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended)
- Child Obsessive-Compulsive Impact Scale - Revised(Baseline, 12 weeks after treatment starts, 3 and 6 months after treatment has ended)
Investigators
Eva Serlachius
PhD
Karolinska Institutet
