NCT00184262

Exposure and Response Prevention With Behavioral- Versus Cognitive Therapy Rationale in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) With Behavioral- Versus Cognitive Therapy Rationale in the Treatment of OCD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to determine whether exposure and response prevention (ERP) is more effective when patients are presented with a behavioral therapy versus cognitive therapy rationale in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Detailed description

The aim of the study is to determine whether exposure and response prevention (ERP) is more effective when patients are presented with a behavioral therapy versus cognitive therapy rationale in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD. A randomized controlled trial including patients with OCD. 50 patients will receive 15 ERP sessions in 3 months.

Conditions

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ERP cognitive therapy	15 exposure and response prevention (ERP) sessions in 3 months with a cognitive therapy rationale
BEHAVIORAL	ERP behavioral therapy	15 exposure and response prevention (ERP) sessions in 3 months with a behavioral therapy rationale

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-01-01
• Completion: 2006-12-01
• First posted: 2005-09-16
• Last updated: 2012-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway