Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Model of Treatment for Trichotillomania

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be the first randomized controlled trial of Comprehensive Behavior Modification (ComB) as a treatment of trichotillomania (TTM). ComB treatment (12 weekly sessions, following a manual developed in an earlier treatment development project) will be compared to Minimal Attention Control among adults (N = 42) with TTM.

Clinical Trial Description

Treatment based on the ComB model has been influential in the field of body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB's), but there is limited empirical research on its efficacy. Our first project (Falkenstein et al., 2016) developed a 12-session manual for ComB and a method for evaluating therapist adherence to the model that can be used reliably and provided encouraging (uncontrolled) data on the effects of ComB through 3-month follow-up. The proposed project extends the earlier work in two main ways: (a) using random assignment to ComB vs. comparison condition to test whether ComB works better than the passage of time + demand characteristics of being in a TTM study alone; and (b) gathering initial evidence on how ComB works. Treatment will be conducted at two sites -- Washington, DC (American University and the Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington) and Chicago (University of Chicago). Participants in the Minimal Attention Control condition will receive ComB therapy after the post-treatment [week 12] assessment is conducted. Uncontrolled follow-up data will be collected through 3 (MAC condition) or 6 (immediate ComB condition) months after the end of ComB treatment. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Trichotillomania

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03486041
Study type	Interventional
Source	American University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	May 10, 2018
Completion date	April 30, 2020

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