Not Yet RecruitingPhase 1

Project EMPOWER-OCD

United States110 participantsStarted 2025-10-01

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * be a caregiver for at least one individual with OCD, defined as living in the same household and providing daily care * be 18 years old or older * the individual they are caring for have clinically significant OCD symptoms, indicated by a score a 16 or above on the self-reported Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale - Parent Report (CY-BOCS-PR) * speak, read, and write English * not be in concurrent family-based CBT treatment for the patient's OCD. Exclusion Criteria: * does not speak English * younger than 18 years old * participation in concurrent family-based CBT treatment for the patient's OCD.

What they're measuring

Family Accommodation Scale

Timeframe: Change from baseline, 2-week follow-up, 4-week follow-up

Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Timeframe: Change from baseline, 2-week follow-up, 4-week follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07158801

SponsorBoston University Charles River Campus

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-08-31

Contact for this trial

Jenna Y Sung, Ph.D.

617-353-1503 jensung@bu.edu