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OCD Summer Treatment Program for Adolescents in Iceland

No phase Interventional Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Intensive cognitive-behavioral treatment with exposure / response prevention.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Basic parameters: 12 years — 18 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
Iceland
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Official title

Intensive OCD Summer Treatment Program for 12-18-year-old Adolescents in Iceland

Overview

The aim of the study is to examine the effectiveness of OCD treatment delivered in a group format for adolescents during a two week intensive summer treatment program.

Detailed description

The present study evaluates the effectiveness of the Icelandic adaptation of the Pediatric OCD Summer Program, originally developed by the British Columbia Children's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Specifically, it investigates the efficacy of this intensive intervention for Icelandic adolescents with OCD and their parents. The study also examines how executive functioning and emotion regulation may change over the course of treatment and influence outcomes, particularly among adolescents with co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and/or autism. The program will be implemented annually as an open clinical trial to accumulate a larger dataset and address these research questions comprehensively.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Intensive cognitive-behavioral treatment with exposure / response prevention
    This cognitive-behavioral exposure / response prevention program is delivered intensively over two consecutive weeks, consisting of daily 2.5-hour sessions across 10 days. Each group includes 6-8 adolescents, with every participant paired with an individual therapist for each session, though therapists rotate daily. At the outset, adolescents receive workbooks and psychoeducation on the nature of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, along with strategies to manage symptoms and reduce imp

Primary outcome measures

  • Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) [Time frame: Baseline, 1 week after treatment, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up]
  • Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) [Time frame: Baseline, 1 week after treatment, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up]
  • The Child Obsessive-Compulsive Impact Scale (COIS-R) [Time frame: Baseline, 1 week after treatment, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up]
  • Revised Children 's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) [Time frame: Baseline, 1 week after treatment, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Family Accommodation Scale for OCD- Self-Rated (FAS-SR) [Time frame: Baseline, 1 week after treatment, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • OCD diagnosis
  • Adolescents are fluent in Icelandic
  • Parents are fluent in Icelandic or English

Exclusion criteria

  • Intellectual disability
  • Severe suicidal ideation
  • Acute psychiatric disorders requiring immediate intervention, e.g. schizophrenia
  • Severely impairing levels of autism prohibiting group participation

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

Iceland · 1 center
  • University of Iceland — Reykjavik

Publications

  • Selles RR, Belschner L, Negreiros J, Lin S, Schuberth D, McKenney K, Gregorowski N, Simpson A, Bliss A, Stewart SE. Group family-based cognitive behavioral therapy for pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder: Global outcomes and predictors of improvement. Psychiatry Res. 2018 Feb;260:116-122. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.11.041. Epub 2017 Nov 15. PMID 29179016

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07465354 · UI-2025-OCDsummerprogram

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗