Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - a Pilot Study

Eva Serlachius1 site in 1 country21 target enrollmentJanuary 2013

ConditionsObsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Sponsor: Eva Serlachius
Enrollment: 21
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, CY-BOCS
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2013

End Date

January 2014

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Eva Serlachius

Responsible Party

Sponsor Investigator

Principal Investigator

Eva Serlachius

PhD

Karolinska Institutet

Eligibility Criteria

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

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)