Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

University of Miami

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Tic Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05370391

20210853

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this protocol is to examine treatment outcomes of youth receiving the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and better understand the predictors, moderators, mediators and/or mechanisms of change for this intervention.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• A current diagnosis of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 Tic disorder (e.g., Tourette's Disorder/syndrome, Persistent (Chronic) Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder, or Provisional Tic Disorder) or caregiver/youth report of clinically impairing tic symptoms
• Ability for youth to speak/read English sufficiently
• At least one parent/caregiver available to sign study consent forms, remain present during assessments, and fill out study questionnaires in English.

Exclusion criteria

• A current diagnosis of psychosis, bipolar disorder, intellectual disability, acute suicidality, alcohol/substance dependence, or eating disorder.
• Youth currently receiving psychotherapy elsewhere and/or have previously received CBIT.
• Currently suicidal or who have engaged in suicidal behaviors within the past 6 months will be excluded
• Youth currently taking psychotropic medication for a co-morbid psychiatric illness will be included without a wash-out period (to not delay treatment).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 1 patient group

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) Group Participants in this group will receive the CBIT intervention for up to 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)