NCT02306174

Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure-based Class for Compulsive Hoarding

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this protocol is to investigate the effectiveness of a manualized, 20-week group cognitive rehabilitation (CR) and exposure therapy (ET) course for compulsive hoarding. The overarching aim is to understand whether this course will decrease the core symptoms of hoarding and associated features.

Conditions

• Hoarding Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure-based Class for Compulsive Hoarding	The group sessions consists of 20 classes, each lasting approximately 90 minutes and may consist of some or all of the following: * A group agreement and a confidentiality contract * Homework assignments * Viewing informational videos about hoarding * Behavioral experiments including sorting and discarding exercises * Non-acquisition exposures This course is based on the Manual Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure/Sorting Therapy for Compulsive Hoarding (Ayers et al., 2014).

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-26
• Completion: 2025-06-26
• First posted: 2014-12-03
• Last updated: 2025-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States