Leveraging Technological Advancements to Improve the Treatment of Trichotillomania

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-17

Study Completion Date

2024-07-16

Brief Summary

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This project will examine the effect using the Keen 2 on hair pulling styles (automatic and focused), the severity of hair pulling behaviors, and related psychiatric symptoms. Given that the Keen2 is anticipated to increase awareness of pulling behavior (but not necessarily change pulling behavior), the investigators hypothesize that the Keen 2 will increase awareness of pulling behaviors and reduce automatic pulling behavior. The investigators will explore reductions in overall hair pulling severity and related psychiatric symptoms.

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Detailed Description

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Novel technologies present one solution to help identify and reduce automatic pulling behaviors associated with trichotillomania (TTM). The Keen 2 is one such novel technology, which is a bracelet which gives the user alerts in the form of a vibration when the user is engaging in hair pulling behavior. Thus, using the Keen 2 could positively increase the awareness of automatic pulling behaviors, which is largely unaffected by existing evidence-based treatments like HRT. This information would be advantageous for the scientific community to determine the possible benefit of this approach to help individuals with TTM.

This project will examine the effect using the Keen 2 on hair pulling styles (automatic and focused), the severity of hair pulling behaviors, and related psychiatric symptoms. Given that the Keen2 is anticipated to increase awareness of pulling behavior (but not necessarily change pulling behavior), the investigators hypothesize that the Keen 2 will increase awareness of pulling behaviors and reduce automatic pulling behavior. The investigators will explore reductions in overall hair pulling severity and related psychiatric symptoms.

Conditions

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Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) Trichotillomania Hair Pulling

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Participants will be provided with the Keen2 wrist-worn device to determine whether this device increases awareness of automatic hair pulling behaviors over a period of 4 weeks.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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HabitAware Keen 2

Participants will receive the wrist device device that alerts the participant when the participant is engaging in hair pulling behavior.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HabitAware Keen2

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants will receive an awareness bracelet to be worn on the dominant wrist over a period of 4 weeks. The bracelet device will vibrate when the participant is engaging in hair pulling behaviors. As hair pulling behaviors may occur outside of awareness (i.e., automatic pulling behaviors), this vibration and detection is anticipated to increase the participants awareness of hair pulling behaviors.

Interventions

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HabitAware Keen2

Participants will receive an awareness bracelet to be worn on the dominant wrist over a period of 4 weeks. The bracelet device will vibrate when the participant is engaging in hair pulling behaviors. As hair pulling behaviors may occur outside of awareness (i.e., automatic pulling behaviors), this vibration and detection is anticipated to increase the participants awareness of hair pulling behaviors.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 years of age or older;
2. meet diagnostic criteria for TTM using the TDI-R
3. have a MGH-HPS total score ≥ 12 at baseline;

(3) have an "automatic" pulling score ≥ 15 on the MIST; (4) able to wear the Keen2 device for four weeks; (5) able to attend three study visits; (6) unmedicated or a stable dose of psychiatric medication for 8 weeks prior to enrollment; (7) be English speaking.