iCBT for Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: icbt.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Basic parameters: 18 years — 75 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Taking Psychiatry Online: Developing a Platform to Provide Internet-Delivered Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Testing It in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Overview
The goal of the study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effects of therapist-guided internet-delivered cognitive-behavior therapy (iCBT) for adult obsessive-compulsive disorder, using a recently developed digital platform.
Detailed description
Although cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) is a well-established first-line treatment for many mental disorders, very few patients receive it due to the shortage of trained professionals, the costs of face-to-face therapy, and geographic barriers. Therapist-guided internet-delivered CBT (iCBT) is a potential solution to this problem but is not generally available in our context.
The investigators plan to:
1. Develop a digital platform for the treatment of mental disorders using therapist-guided iCBT; 2. Assess the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effects of therapist-guided iCBT for adult obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using the platform developed in Objective 1.
Interventions
- Behavioral icbt
12-Week Therapist-Based iCBT for OCD (Adapted Version of OCD Net: https://therapistguide.webcbt.se/index.html)
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility (recruitment and retention rates and therapist burden) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age between 18 and 75
- Internet access
- Principal diagnosis of OCD, based on DSM-5
- Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) Total Severity Score > 16
- Ability to communicate in Spanish
- For participants taking psychotropic medication for OCD: at least eight weeks on stable medication and willingness to stay on the same medication/doses for the 12 weeks of the study
Exclusion criteria
- Estimated IQ < 70, as per the Vocabulary subtest of the Wechsler Adults Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
- Eight or more previous sessions of CBT for OCD with an experienced therapist during the last 12 months
- Ongoing psychological treatment for OCD
- Diagnosis of organic brain disorder, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder, low-weight anorexia nervosa, or alcohol/substance dependence
- Immediate risk to self or others (e.g., suicidality)
- Inability to communicate in Spanish
- Low motivation to participate (i.e., the patient does not believe the therapy will be helpful at all)
- Insufficient time to work on the treatment (about 30 minutes per day)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07081438 · HCB/2023/0643