Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01348529
• Other study ID #: OCDP1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 8, 2010
• Last updated: March 19, 2018
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: March 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2010
• Source: Karolinska Institutet
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main aim of this study is to test whether cognitive behavior therapy could be effective in treating obsessive compulsive disorder. Here, the investigators test the in group effects of a 15 week long treatment delivered via the Internet for residents in Stockholm County.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 23
• Est. completion date: March 2011
• Est. primary completion date: March 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with Obsessive compulsive disorder according to the DSM criteria

• Be at least 18 years old

• YBOCS >7

Exclusion Criteria:

• other primary diagnosis

• substance abuse,

• psychosis,

• bipolar disorder,

• suicidal ideation,

• adjusted pharmacological treatment the last two months

• current psychological treatment for OCD,

• been treated with CBT the last two years,

• serious somatic disease,

• Y---BOCS>31

• hoarding as primary OCD subtype

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disease
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Internet CBT
Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy with therapist support.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Internetpsykatrienheten, M46, Psykiatri sydväst	Stockholm

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

References & Publications (1)

Andersson E, Ljótsson B, Hedman E, Kaldo V, Paxling B, Andersson G, Lindefors N, Rück C. Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder: a pilot study. BMC Psychiatry. 2011 Aug 3;11:125. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-125. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)	Psychiatrist visit at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.
Secondary	Change from Baseline of cost data after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	"Trimbos and Institute of Medical Technology Assessment Cost Questionnaire for Psychiatry". In this questionnaire, patients register their monthly health care consumption (e.g. GP visits) as well as time spent in informal health enhancing activities (e.g. self-help groups and informal care from friends). In addition, work loss and work cutback both at work and in the domestic realm is measured.	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.
Secondary	Change from Baseline of depressive symptoms after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	The Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale	Sel-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.
Secondary	Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	Obsessions and Compulsions Inventory Revised	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.
Secondary	Change from Baseline of quality of life after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment	EuroQol	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.
Secondary	Change from Baseline of quality of life after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment	Quality of life inventory	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.

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