Recruiting

Telepsychotherapy

Sponsor:

Utah State University

Code:

NCT03725163

Conditions

Trichotillomania

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enhanced Behavior Therapy (AEBT)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The primary purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effectiveness of providing treatment for adolescents with trichotillomania through the use of telehealth. Parent or legal guardians' psychological flexibility scores will be assessed to determine if their levels of flexibility potentially moderate treatment outcomes.

The study will test the following hypotheses:

Hypothesis 1: Telepsychotherapy will result in significantly better trichotillomania symptom outcomes for adolescents than a waitlist control condition.

Hypothesis 2: Telepsychotherapy will result in significantly better psychological flexibility outcomes for adolescents than a waitlist control condition.

Hypothesis 3: Telepsychotherapy will result in significantly better overall wellbeing outcomes for adolescents than a waitlist control condition.

Hypothesis 4: Within-group changes (that include both conditions following treatment) will be significant from pre-treatment to post-treatment and will not significantly differ from post-treatment at 3, 6, and 12-month follow-up.

Conditions

Trichotillomania

Study ID

NCT03725163

Start date

Aug 6, 2018

Status verified date

Oct, 2018

Completion date

Aug 5, 2020

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 5, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Meet DSM-5 criteria for trichotillomania.
  • Seeking treatment primarily for trichotillomania-related concerns.
  • 12-17 years old.
  • Reside in Utah.
  • Speak fluent English.

Parents:

  • Must be fluent English speaker.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently receiving psychotherapy.
  • Started or changed psychotropic medication in the past 30 days.
  • Planning to start or change psychotropic medication during the course of the current study.
  • Completed high school.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment

This arm will begin treatment immediately after completing the initial intake assessment.

other: Waitlist Control

Participants assigned to the waitlist control condition will begin a 12-week waiting period after completing the initial intake assessment before starting treatment.

Interventions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Enhanced Behavior Therapy (AEBT)

This treatment approach blends traditional behavior therapy elements of habit reversal training and stimulus control techniques with the more contemporary behavioral elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The first phase of the treatment, clients are taught skills for stopping and preventing their unconscious pulling episodes. The second phase, clients are introduced to ACT. Unlike interventions that aim to change the type or frequency of pulling-related cognitions, this treatment uses strategies to change the function of these cognitions. Clients are taught to see urges for what they really are and to accept their pulling-related thoughts, feelings, and urges without fighting against them. Over the course of 10 session clients will learn to be aware of their pulling and warning signals, use self-management strategies for stopping and preventing pulling, stop fighting against their pulling-related urges and thoughts, and work toward increasing their quality of life.

Primary outcome measure

  • Trichotillomania Scale for Children-Chile and Parent Versions (TSC-C & TSC-p) [ Time Frame: Changes in scores from baseline, 10-week post-treatment, and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups will be assessed. ]
  • Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Trichotillomania (AAQ-TTM) [ Time Frame: Changes in scores from baseline, 10-week post-treatment, and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups will be assessed. ]
  • Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEBWMS) [ Time Frame: Changes in scores from baseline, 10-week post-treatment, and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups will be assessed. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jeremiah E Fruge, BA

435-797-8303jeremiah.fruge@aggiemail.usu.edu

Locations

Utah State University

Recruiting

Logan, Utah, United States, 84322

More Information

Sponsor

Utah State University

Last update posted

Oct 30, 2018

Last verified

Oct, 2018

Keywords

  • Trichotillomania
  • Adolescents
  • Telepsychotherapy
  • AEBT
  • ACT

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Utah State University on 2018-10-30.