Short and Intensive Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Short and Intensive Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Intensive Treatment Week: "A Future Without Constraint"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04730011
• Other study ID #: KJPP 2020-02053
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2028

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
• Contact: Susanne Walitza, Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych.
• Phone: +41 (0)43 499 26 26
• Email: susanne.walitza[@]puk.zh.ch
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Obsessive-compulsive disorders are very damaging illnesses; they can already appear in childhood and adolescence and become extremely chronic. With an average prevalence from 1-3%, they are among the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. 40% of diagnosed children and young adults display persistent and increasingly chronic symptoms and O-C disorders are highly complex syndromes with broadly varying manifestations. They arise from obsessive thoughts (ideas/thoughts or impulses, often senseless or tortured, that impose themselves or intrude) and obsessive behavior (ritualized patterns that must be frequently repeated).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2028
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2028
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder diagnosis

• Male and female patients from 8-18 years

• Good German language speaking skills

• IQ of at least 75

• At least four days' participation in the treatment/therapy week

• Written agreement after clear explanation

Exclusion Criteria:

• No complete participation in the intensive week treatment/therapy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Short and Intensive Treatment
Intensive Treatment Week with behavioural psychotherapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Psychiatric University Clinics, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Zurich	ZH

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Susanne Walitza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Symptoms severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents	The clinician-report questionnaire (BY-BOCS) contains 19 items designed to assess severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents.The test uses a 4-point scale to rate the severity of their obsessive compulsive behaviors. Higher score means a worse outcome.	12 months