Status:

COMPLETED

Smart Sensory Technology in Psychotherapy for Pediatric OCD

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Tuebingen

Collaborating Sponsors:

Universität Tübingen

University of Hohenheim

Conditions:

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-18 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Telemedicine interventions enable the improvement of behavioral state-of-the-art treatment of OCD, as therapy can be delivered in the patients' immediate home environment, allowing for more valid symp...

Detailed Description

The main goal of SSTeP-KiZ is the implementation of sensors in the existing telepsychotherapeutic treatment of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. SSTeP-KiZ aims to significan...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • aged 12 to 18 years
  • a primary DSM-5 obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • at least one primary caretaker
  • German-speaking (child \& caretakers)
  • family home equipped with broadband internet connection
  • written informed consent of the child and its caretakers
  • psychiatric comorbidities will be allowed as long as the comorbid disorder does not have a higher treatment priority than OCD (i.e., psychosis, eating disorder and severe depression)
  • Medication is allowed if treatment was stable for 6 weeks before diagnostics and will then be taken during the trial.

Exclusion

  • IQ below 70
  • patients do not speak or understand German
  • patients have a psychiatric comorbidity or suicidality that makes participation clinically inappropriate
  • too seriously ill so that they should be treated in the hospital
  • stable social environment, able to support the children adequately during therapy. - drug addiction
  • if the family seems to be severely psychologically burdened so that participation in the sessions and support of the children during the trial will not be possible
  • no other psychological treatment is allowed
  • If reporting side effects or circumstances that make iCBT treatment clinically inappropriate, or if wished by the patients, the patients are excluded from the study and transferred to another more appropriate therapy option.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05291611

Start Date

August 1 2021

End Date

March 31 2023

Last Update

September 29 2023

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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 72076