Project EMPOWER-OCD

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Boston University Charles River Campus
Study ID
NCT07158801
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Project EMPOWER-OCD — BEHAVIORAL
    Project EMPOWER-OCD is a web-based intervention for caregivers that takes about 20-25 minutes to complete that reduces accommodation. The program is drawing from an empirically supported intervention, Project EMPOWER, and will be adapted for the OCD population pending stakeholder input during phase 1 and include 5 elements: (1) an introduction to the program's rationale; (2) psychoeducation around OCD-driven avoidance, along with how caregiver accommodation can inadvertently maintain these avoidance patterns; (3) information on how caregivers can better identify patterns of avoidance, validate, and encourage approach behaviors instead; (4) creation of an "action plan" to promote approach behavior and reducing avoidance; (5) a vignette exercise in which caregivers read about another case and provide possible solutions based on what they learned. Resources for finding mental health treatment for OCD are presented at the end.
  • Project CARE — BEHAVIORAL
    To evaluate the effects of Project EMPOWER-OCD, we will compare it to an active psychoeducation-based SSI that provides general information on caregiving and caregiver mental health. The intervention includes 5 elements that mirror Project EMPOWER: (1) introduction to the rationale for the program; (2) introduce the concept of caregiving across relationships and situations; (3) present broad information on typical development processes; (4) helping caregivers identify their own role and reflect on how caregiving looks like in their life (5) vignette exercise where caregivers identify caregiving roles, prompting reflection on roles. This active comparator intentionally does not include any psychoeducational components explicitly designed to reduce accommodation of anxiety, OCD, and its related disorders.

Study Details

This research study aims to adapt and evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of Project EMPOWER-OCD for socioeconomically diverse caregivers of patients with OCD. Designed to reduce obstacles (e.g. months long time commitment, high cost, transportation) to treatment that caregivers may be particularly prone to, project EMPOWER-OCD will provide targeted intervention of accommodation - a well-established, potentially modifiable risk factor for child anxiety, OCD, and its related disorders - in a single, self-guided session via an online format.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 25, 2025
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2026
Completion
Sep 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
110 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Project EMPOWER-OCD
    Project EMPOWER-OCD is a web-based intervention for caregivers that takes about 20-25 minutes to complete that reduces accommodation.
  • Active Comparator: Project CARE
    This active psychoeducation-based SSI will provide general information on caregiving and caregiver mental health.

Primary Outcome Measure

Family Accommodation Scale [ Time Frame: Change from baseline, 2-week follow-up, 4-week follow-up ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boston UniversityBostonMassachusetts02215
Jenna Y Sung, Ph.D.
[email protected]
617-353-1503

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