Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
In-home Decluttering Augmentation of Group CBT for HD
Lead Sponsor:
Karolinska Institutet
Collaborating Sponsors:
Region Stockholm
City of Stockholm
Conditions:
Hoarding Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary aim of trial is to determine the clinical efficacy of in-home decluttering augmentation of group CBT for reducing hoarding severity in adults with HD. The trial takes place in Sweden.
Detailed Description
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the current evidence-based treatment for HD but the majority of sufferers remain symptomatic after CBT with impairing levels of clutter in their homes. Home visit...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 years or older.
- Hoarding disorder as primary psychiatric condition.
- Willing and able to understand and complete consent and study procedures.
- Living in the Stockholm county (Sweden) and within a 1-hour commute by public transport from the social services office.
Exclusion
- Concurrent CBT or having received CBT for HD during the last two years, for a minimum of 8 sessions including active strategies for reducing acquisition and practice of discarding with a qualified therapist or 8 previous in-home decluttering sessions with a qualified social worker.
- Unable or unwilling to allow study staff into home for home assessment.
- Animal hoarding or squalid (i.e. extremely unhygienic) home conditions that are deemed to put the personnel at risk during the in-home decluttering.
- A diagnosis of organic brain disorder, intellectual disability, psychosis, bipolar disorder without stable medication or with symptoms within the last 6 months, anorexia nervosa or alcohol/substance dependence or abuse.
- Major medical or neurological conditions that increase the risk of participation or that would prevent completing assigned behavioral practice tasks.
- Immediate risk to self or others, requiring urgent medical attention, such as high suicidality risk.
- Participant not able to read and communicate in Swedish.
- Currently at high risk for eviction (for instance having received a "rättelseanmaning" by the housing company or Swedish court).
- Potential participant lives in the same household as an already included participant.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 29 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 31 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04712474
Start Date
January 29 2021
End Date
March 31 2026
Last Update
September 19 2025
Active Locations (1)
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M46: Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Psykiatri Sydväst Stockholm, Huddinge, Sweden, 141 86
Stockholm, Sweden, 141 86