Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Jason Taylor
ORCID ID
Contact details
Mascalls Park
Mascalls Lane
Brentwood
CM14 5HQ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1277 302712
jasonltaylor@aol.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0577151669
Study information
Scientific title
Delivering interventions for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) through a web based virtual therapist: a randomised controlled trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Can a web delivered treatment package for OCD be as effective as traditional psychological outpatient therapy?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Internet
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet
Condition
Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Obsessive compulsive disorder
Intervention
60 patients will be randomised into standard or web treatment groups. At week 0, 12 and 52 self administered scales will be administered. Both groups will undergo an 8 week course of therapy.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
BDI-II (Beck Depression Inventory), Yale Brown OCD scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory.
Patient Global Impression of Improvement Scale.
All scales at 0, 12 and 52 weeks.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/2004
Overall trial end date
01/10/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Outpatients with ICD10 diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
60
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/2004
Recruitment end date
01/10/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Mascalls Park
Brentwood
CM14 5HQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
North East London Mental Health NHS Trust NELMHT (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary