Effectiveness of Behavior Therapy and Psychosocial Therapy for the Treatment of Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders
In brief
This study will compare the efficacy of supportive therapy versus habit-reversal therapy for the treatment of Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00231985
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 122
- Starts
- 2005-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-02-09
Who can join
Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Meets DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder
- The primary reason for seeking treatment is Tourette syndrome and/or chronic tic disorder
- Either Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder is of more concern than any other simultaneous disease or disorder
- Score greater than 3 on the Clinical Global Impressions Severity Scale
- Score greater than 14 on the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale
- Unmedicated or on stable medication treatment for tics, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and/or depressive disorder for at least 6 weeks, and not planning to change medication for the duration of study participation
You may not qualify if…
- Total tic score greater than 33
- Score less than 80 on the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading
- DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol or substance dependence within the 3 months prior to study enrollment
- Currently taking psychotropic medications for any psychiatric disorder (except for tics, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and/or depressive disorder)
- Any serious psychiatric disorder (e.g., bipolar disorder, psychosis) that requires immediate alternative treatment
- Previously treated with four or more sessions of habit-reversal therapy for tics
Where it is running
- Yale Child Study Center, Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- OCD Clinic/Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- University of Texas Health Sciences Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States
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