Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure-based Class for Compulsive Hoarding

Hoarding Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure-based Class for Compulsive Hoarding

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02306174
• Other study ID #: 20140644
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: August 2026

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: University of Miami
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: August 2026
• Est. primary completion date: August 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Include:

• Individuals who exhibit subclinical and clinical levels of hoarding disorder, as determined by the SCID interview conducted at the screening assessment, will be eligible to participate in the study. Individuals may also display clinically relevant symptoms of hoarding as indicated by scores on the Hoarding Rating Scale Interview (HRS-I) and/or on the Saving Inventory-Revised (SIR).

• Comorbid mood and anxiety disorders are permitted.

• English-speaking

• Pregnant women

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adults unable to consent

• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)

• Individuals who are over the age of 85

• Individuals with cognitive or physical impairments that would interfere with their participation (e.g., Dementia, uncorrected hearing)

• Participants who have current or past psychotic symptoms or current or past alcohol/substance abuse/dependence may also be excluded.

• Participants may also be excluded if they are currently in other forms of psychotherapy.

• Participants may be excluded if they have had a change in psychotropic medications within three months of the baseline assessment/first class.

• Participants may be excluded if hoarding is not their primary diagnosis.

• Prisoners

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hoarding Disorder

Intervention

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).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Miami	Coral Gables	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Miami

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hoarding Rating Scale Interview	The Hoarding Rating scale has a total score ranging from 0 -40 with the higher score indicating higher symptoms of hoarding.; This will be used to assess whether hoarding symptoms decrease as a result of treatment.	22 weeks
Primary	Clinician's Global Impression Improvement and Severity ratings	The CGI has a score range of 0-7 with the higher score indicating more severe symptoms.This will be used to assess whether hoarding symptoms decrease as a result of treatment.	22 weeks