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

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) With Behavioral- Versus Cognitive Therapy Rationale in the Treatment of OCD

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00184262

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-16

Start date

2003-01-31

Completion date

2006-12-31

Last updated

2012-03-21

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Conditions

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Brief summary

Detailed 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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALERP cognitive therapy

15 exposure and response prevention (ERP) sessions in 3 months with a cognitive therapy rationale

BEHAVIORALERP behavioral therapy

15 exposure and response prevention (ERP) sessions in 3 months with a behavioral therapy rationale

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
scores on Y-BOCS and SCID-I	3 months

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026