NCT05777161

A Trial of Parent-coached Exposure Therapy for Children With Anxiety Disorders and OCD

A Randomized-controlled Trial of Therapy for Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 162 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of parent coached exposure therapy (PCET) and standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating childhood anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of parent coached exposure therapy (PCET) through baseline comparisons, to compare effectiveness of individual PCET and individual standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), to compare efficiency of individual PCET and individual standard CBT, to compare effectiveness of group intensive PCET, individual PCET, and individual standard CBT, and acceptability.

Conditions

• Anxiety Disorders
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parent Coached Exposure Therapy - Individualized	Subject and parent begin by working with a therapist to create an individualized fear hierarchy consisting of situations and stimuli that produce anxiety for the child, gradually progressing from less anxiety to more anxiety.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavior Therapy	Subjects will work with a therapist using anxiety management strategies to address thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
BEHAVIORAL	Parent Coached Exposure Therapy - Group (removed from study)	Subjects and parents will work in a group setting to receive exposure therapy consisting of situations and stimuli that produce anxiety for the child, gradually progressing from less anxiety to more anxiety.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-11
• Primary completion: 2022-08-30
• Completion: 2022-08-30
• First posted: 2023-03-21
• Last updated: 2023-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States