Efficacy of a Habit Reversal Treatment on Tic-symptoms

University of Cologne

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Tic-Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Habit Reversal Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02190383

THICS-Study 2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a habit reversal based treatment programme in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years with tic disorders.

Full description

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a habit reversal based treatment programme for children and adolescents with tic disorders. This habit reversal treatment programme was developed at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Cologne and has already been evaluated in a pilot-study (Woitecki & Döpfner, 2011, 2012).

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 8-18 years
• Diagnosis of chronic motor or vocal Tic (F95.1) or Tourette-Syndrome (F95.2)
• YGTSS total score F95.2>13, F95.1>9
• Tics are the main problems
• IQ>80
• If medication, then has been stable for at least one months in medicated patients
• No change in medication treatment is planned
• Ability to participate in weekly outpatient treatment
• Acceptance of randomization

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Psychosis
• Parallel continuous psychotherapy of tics or comorbid

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Habit Reversal Training

Experimental group

Description:

At first patients get informed about Tics in general. Then the individual Tics are specified and the tic-reaction is looked at further. The Tic-Symptoms are observed and the premonitory urge is specified. For all individual tics a specific reversal movement is developed. Relaxation methods are introduced.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Habit Reversal Training