Attentional Bias Modification Treatment in OCD

Roseli Shavitt

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: attentional bias modification treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02014194

13674113.2.0000.0068

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic condition. Even with proper treatment, no significant improvement is reached in about 30% to 40% of patients. Thus, the development of new treatment strategies is necessary. The attentional bias - ability to aversive stimuli in capturing the attention of an individual compared to a neutral stimulus - has been extensively studied. Already training attentional bias modification has been shown effective in reducing anxiety present in other anxiety disorders.This project aims to: 1 - generate knowledge on attentional bias in individuals with OCD through the use of a standardized protocol developed for OCD; 2 - available to the scientific community the first specific paradigm for the study of attentional bias in OCD patients, 3 - test the effectiveness of a training protocol for reversing attentional bias in individuals with OCD.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: - 30 patients with obsessive-compulsive diagnosis according to DSM-V (with cleaning and or symmetry dimensions)

• 30 health controls

Exclusion Criteria: - doing any kind of behavioral therapy in the moment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

attentional bias modification, placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Measure of attentional bias modification treatment after 10 sessions of attentional bias modification (two arms). There are two arms with 15 OCD patients each one.

Treatment:

Behavioral: attentional bias modification treatment

attentional bias modification, active group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Measure of attentional bias modification treatment after 10 sessions of attentional bias modification (two arms).

Treatment:

Behavioral: attentional bias modification treatment