Exposure and Response Prevention With Behavioral- Versus Cognitive Therapy Rationale in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: ERP cognitive therapy; Behavioral: ERP behavioral therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00184262

4941.1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to determine whether exposure and response prevention (ERP) is more effective when patients are presented with a behavioral therapy versus cognitive therapy rationale in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Full description

The aim of the study is to determine whether exposure and response prevention (ERP) is more effective when patients are presented with a behavioral therapy versus cognitive therapy rationale in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD.

A randomized controlled trial including patients with OCD. 50 patients will receive 15 ERP sessions in 3 months.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Exclusion criteria

• active thought disorder, uncontrolled bipolar disorder, mental retardation, organic mental disorder, initiation or change in medication three months prior to inclusion in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

ERP cognitive therapy

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: ERP cognitive therapy

ERP behavioral therapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: ERP behavioral therapy