Assessing Models of Exposure Therapy

Obsessive-compulsive Disorders and Symptoms Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assessing Models of Exposure Therapy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01679457
• Other study ID #: 2012-P-001010/1; McLean
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: August 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Mclean Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to learn how to improve treatment for clients who are working hard in treatment at the McLean Hospital Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute (OCDI), but who are not making the progress that would typically be expected. Therefore, the investigators will be comparing the performance of such clients in a treatment as usual (TAU)-Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) session with their performance in an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-focused ERP session that follows an ACT booster session. The investigators hypothesize that clients will perform significantly better in the ACT-focused ERP session than they will in the TAU-ERP session. More specifically, the investigators hypothesize that clients and an independent rater will report that in the ACT-focused ERP session, clients performed significantly fewer rituals and/or avoidance behaviors, experienced comparable levels of distress, exerted significantly more effort, had significantly less difficulty getting started with the ERP, were significantly less influenced by their uncomfortable thoughts/feelings, were significantly more willing to experience discomfort, were significantly more focused on working towards what is important to the client. The investigators also hypothesize that an independent rater will rate clients as significantly more compliant with the ACT-focused ERP session than with the TAU-ERP session. The investigators also hypothesize that clients will rate the ACT-focused ERP session as significantly more preferable and acceptable than the TAU-ERP session, and that they will report being significantly more willing to do the ACT-focused ERP session again.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 29
• Est. completion date: August 2019
• Est. primary completion date: August 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants will be adults at least 18 years of age currently enrolled in the residential or day treatment program at the OCDI.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive Disorders and Symptoms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• ACT-Focused ERP

• TAU-ERP

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute at McLean Hospital	Belmont	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mclean Hospital	Utah State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Client Post-ERP Session Questions (Day 1).		Client Post-ERP Session Questions (Day 1) will be administered immediately after the "Day 1" TAU-ERP session.
Primary	Client Post-ERP Session Questions (Day 2).		Client Post-ERP Session Questions (Day 2) will be administered immediately after the "Day 2" ACT-focused ERP session.