NCT02602886

Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ruijin Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate whether Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) can help adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in China following a training of professionals and ongoing consultation.

Detailed description

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate whether Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) can help adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in China following a training of professionals and ongoing consultation.The treatment time for each participant is approximately 12 weeks. This includes the time between the referral and the beginning of treatment, the treatment sessions, and the 1-month follow-up time. Therapy sessions will take place twice per week for 15 sessions total and last about 90 minutes each. In addition to the therapy sessions, participants will have 3 separate assessments. These assessments will occur (1) right after they agree to participate in the study, (2) immediately after ERP ends, and (3) 1 month after ERP ends. The assessments will take about 1 ½ hours each.

Conditions

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy	The treatment includes both therapist-supervised and self-controlled exposure and ritual prevention exercises. 2 sessions per week, up to 15 sessions in total. Session time is 90 minutes. The majority of in-session time is spent conducting in vivo exposures. When engaging in E/RP tasks, patients are instructed to refrain from ritual engagement. Between-session homework is given the patient practicing the within-session E/RP task up to 90 minutes each day. Clinicians supplement E/RP with other cognitive-behavioral interventions including motivational strategies for resistant patients, Socratic dialogue, and behavioral experiments to test the validity of erroneous cognitions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2015-11-11
• Last updated: 2016-11-29

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: China