Trial Outcomes & Findings for Videophone Administered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (NCT NCT00881465)

NCT ID: NCT00881465

Last Updated: 2015-06-11

Results Overview

Items on this scale are summed to arrive at a total score. Scores on this scale range from 0 to 40 with higher scores corresponding to worse symptom severity.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE2

Target enrollment

31 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

within one week after treatment condition was concluded

Results posted on

2015-06-11

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks. The first session will be held face-to-face to foster rapport. Sessions 1-4 will be held twice weekly; thereafter sessions will be held weekly. Sessions 1-3 are devoted to psychoeducation, treatment discussion, and hierarchy development. Sessions 4-10 involve CBT exercises specific to each youth. Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks.
Waitlist
Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment. Wait-list control: Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment.
Overall Study
STARTED
16
15
Overall Study
COMPLETED
14
15
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
2
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Videophone Administered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
n=16 Participants
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks. The first session will be held face-to-face to foster rapport. Sessions 1-4 will be held twice weekly; thereafter sessions will be held weekly. Sessions 1-3 are devoted to psychoeducation, treatment discussion, and hierarchy development. Sessions 4-10 involve CBT exercises specific to each youth. Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks.
Waitlist
n=15 Participants
Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment. Wait-list control: Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment.
Total
n=31 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
16 Participants
n=5 Participants
15 Participants
n=7 Participants
31 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Continuous
11 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.5 • n=5 Participants
11.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.81 • n=7 Participants
11.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.59 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants
n=5 Participants
6 Participants
n=7 Participants
12 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
10 Participants
n=5 Participants
9 Participants
n=7 Participants
19 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
16 participants
n=5 Participants
15 participants
n=7 Participants
31 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: within one week after treatment condition was concluded

Items on this scale are summed to arrive at a total score. Scores on this scale range from 0 to 40 with higher scores corresponding to worse symptom severity.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
n=16 Participants
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks. The first session will be held face-to-face to foster rapport. Sessions 1-4 will be held twice weekly; thereafter sessions will be held weekly. Sessions 1-3 are devoted to psychoeducation, treatment discussion, and hierarchy development. Sessions 4-10 involve CBT exercises specific to each youth. Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks.
Waitlist
n=15 Participants
Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment. Wait-list control: Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment.
Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS; Scahill et al., 1997). The CY-BOCS is a 10-item Semi-structured Measure of Obsession and Compulsion Severity Over the Previous Week. This Measure Will Serve as the Primary Outcome Index.
11.13 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 10.53
18.53 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 8.11

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: within one week after treatment condition was concluded

Scores on this scale range from 0 to 6 with higher scores corresponding to worse symptom severity.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
n=16 Participants
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks. The first session will be held face-to-face to foster rapport. Sessions 1-4 will be held twice weekly; thereafter sessions will be held weekly. Sessions 1-3 are devoted to psychoeducation, treatment discussion, and hierarchy development. Sessions 4-10 involve CBT exercises specific to each youth. Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks.
Waitlist
n=15 Participants
Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment. Wait-list control: Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment.
Clinical Global Impression - Severity (CGI-S; National Institute of Mental Health, 1985). The CGI-S is a 7-point Clinician Rating of Severity of Psychopathology.
1.56 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.75
2.47 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.30

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: within one week after treatment condition was concluded

Scores on this scale range from 1 to 7. Scores of 1 (very much improved) and 2 (much improved) are grouped together to indicate if a participate has had a beneficial response to the interview. The data represents participants who had a beneficial response to the treatment condition. Scores of 3 (minimally improved), 4 (no change), 5 (minimally worse), 6 (much worse) and 7 (very much worse) are grouped together to indicate that a participant has not had a positive treatment response.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
n=16 Participants
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks. The first session will be held face-to-face to foster rapport. Sessions 1-4 will be held twice weekly; thereafter sessions will be held weekly. Sessions 1-3 are devoted to psychoeducation, treatment discussion, and hierarchy development. Sessions 4-10 involve CBT exercises specific to each youth. Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. The psychotherapy protocol will include 14 90-minute sessions of videophone administered CBT over 12 weeks.
Waitlist
n=15 Participants
Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment. Wait-list control: Waitlist Control. The participant and his/her parents will be instructed to not obtain treatment outside of the protocol or make medication changes/additions. This will be assessed through interview at the Post-Waitlist assessment.
Clinical Global Improvement (CGI; Guy, 1976). The CGI is a 7-point Rating of Treatment Response Anchored by 1 ("Very Much Improved) and 7 ("Very Much Worse").
13 participants
2 participants

Adverse Events

Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Waitlist

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Eric Storch, Ph.D.

University of South Florida

Phone: 7277678230

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place