Using Personalized Assessments in the Treatment of Childhood OCD

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT06407648

Johns Hopkins University30 enrolled

Overview

The primary purpose of this study is to learn whether personalized assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in childhood OCD using mobile health technology are feasible and acceptable for youth and parents. The investigators will also examine whether personalized cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that is informed by personalized OCD assessments yields better clinical outcomes when compared to standard CBT for youth with OCD

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Personalized AssessmentsOTHER

Personalized CBT will use individualized OCD symptom networks to guide CBT strategies to target central symptom nodes in contemporaneous networks.

Standard of CareOTHER

The standard CBT condition will use standard-of-care approaches to guide CBT strategies to target OCD symptoms.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 17 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. be 8-17 years of age; 2. meet diagnostic criteria for a primary diagnosis of OCD on a structured clinical interview; 3. have moderate OCD severity as evidenced by a CY-BOCS total score of ≥16; 4. medication free and/or on a stable dose of medication 8 weeks prior to study participation; 5. be English speaking. Exclusion Criteria: 1. the presence of psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or autism spectrum disorders; 2. significant suicidal ideation that warrants medical intervention; 3. concurrent psychotherapy for OCD; 4. inability to complete scales, or attend visits.

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Second Edition (CY-BOCS-II) Total Severity Score

A clinician-rated measure of OCD symptom severity in the past week. This 10-item measure is rated on a 0 to 5 scale with a total score ranging from 0 to 50. A higher total score is reflective of greater OCD symptom severity.

Time frame: Screen, Baseline (Week 0), Week 4, Week 8, and Week 12

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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