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

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M46: Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Psykiatri Sydväst Stockholm, Huddinge, Sweden, 141 86

Stockholm, Sweden, 141 86