Actively Recruiting
Led by University of Oxford · Updated on 2025-05-21
25
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common and often disabling condition in young people, marked by distressing and repetitive thoughts and behaviors. This research aims to explore the delivery of a brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescents aged 11 to 18 years with OCD within routine NHS child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The study focuses on whether this brief CBT approach is feasible, acceptable, and effective, including for young people with co-occurring autism or high autistic traits. The intervention involves five core face-to-face CBT sessions lasting 60 to 90 minutes each, with an option for two additional booster sessions over 24 weeks. These sessions are delivered by trained clinicians in NHS settings and supported by co-designed workbooks completed by the young person between sessions. Parents or carers also receive a workbook to support the young person's progress. Sessions start weekly and become less frequent over time, focusing on understanding OCD, goal setting, cognitive flexibility, and behavioral experiments. Involvement of parents and other adults is encouraged to help apply learning in daily life. Participants will engage in assessments at baseline, post-treatment (12 weeks), and 3-month follow-up (24 weeks), including interviews, questionnaires, and routine clinical measures of OCD symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Clinician adherence and treatment acceptability will be monitored through session attendance, engagement, and feedback from young people, parents/carers, and clinicians. Qualitative interviews will assess experiences, and data will be analyzed to explore changes in symptoms and treatment processes, including for those with autism. The study runs from May 2025 to March 2026 with 20 to 30 young people and 8 to 10 clinicians involved.
CONDITIONS
Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Adolescent OCD in Routine Clinical Practice
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Duration - Up to 6 months prior to enrolment
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 eligibility assessment visit (part of routine clinical service)
Duration - Up to 24 weeks
Participants receive brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for OCD consisting of 5 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes, with an option of 2 additional booster sessions, delivered over a total of 24 weeks. Participants complete therapy workbooks, home tasks, and routine outcome measures during this period.
5 to 7 therapy sessions (in-person or via routine clinical services) plus additional home-based activities
Duration - Up to 12 weeks after treatment ends
Participants complete self-report questionnaires and clinical interviews at 3 months post-treatment to assess treatment outcomes, with some participants invited to participate in qualitative interviews.
2 assessment visits (in-person or remote) during follow-up period
Total: 3 locations
1
AnDY Research Clinic
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG6 6AL
Actively Recruiting
2
Department of Experimental Psychology
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX2 6GG
Not Yet Recruiting
3
AnDY Research Clinic Oxford
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX4 3LX
Not Yet Recruiting
P
Polly Waite
L
Lucas Shelemy
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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