Actively Recruiting
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Outpatients Trial
Led by National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic · Updated on 2025-10-03
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
158 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study focuses on patients receiving treatment in outpatient psychiatry or clinical psychology settings, utilizing a within-subject design for comparison. Patients first complete informed consent and baseline questionnaires and are placed on a waiting list for five weeks. After this period, they are reassigned to the active (experimental) group, which will receive five sessions of exposure therapy in virtual reality over a subsequent five-week period. The treatment effect will be evaluated using pre/post assessments, as well as monitoring adherence to exposure and response prevention assignments.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Outpatients Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of OCD (F42) using currently valid DSM-V and ICD-11
- Fluent in Czech
You will not qualify if you...
- Any other psychiatric, neurological and serious somatic illness
- Substance abuse
- Psychotropic medication (e.g. benzodiazepines) except antidepressants, antipsychotic medication and hypnotics
- Contradictions to using a virtual reality (e.g., epilepsy, balance problems)
- Pregnancy
- Cardiostimulator and mental implants
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Nationa Institute of Mental Health
Klecany, Česká Republika, Czechia, 250 67
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
I
Iveta Hocko Fajnerová
CONTACT
P
Pavla Stopková
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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