Dissemination of Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) to Occupational Therapists: A Feasibility Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tourette Disorder, Chronic Tic Disorder

In brief

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is an evidence based intervention for tic disorders. A recent scientific review of research priorities completed by the Tourette Syndrome Association recommended widespread dissemination of CBIT as an important next step in services delivery research. Given early evidence that occupational therapists can deliver CBIT effectively, a dissemination strategy using occupational therapists may improve accessibility to this treatment, at lower cost and with decreased stigma. Thus the goal of this study is to develop and test a training and dissemination model with occupational therapists (OTs) using an expert, multi-disciplinary team at Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian Hospital (WC/NYPH) and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The investigators have adapted CBIT, the gold-standard behavioral intervention program for children with tic disorders (Woods et al, 2008a,b), for eventual use in OT programs across the country.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02114905

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

13

Starts

2013-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-20

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 7-17
• Presence of motor and/or vocal tics for at least 6 months
• Tics are of at least moderate clinical severity as evidenced by a Clinical Global Impressions Severity (CGI-S) score of 4 or higher (tic symptoms clearly noticeable to family and occasionally to families and associated with at least some minimal level of distress and/or interference.
• IQ estimate of 70 or higher
• Comorbid disorder (e.g., ADHD, OCD,ODD) will be allowed provided that the tic symptoms are of primary concern to parents and comorbid symptoms are not of sufficient severity to require immediate treatment other than that provided by the current study.
• Pre-existing stable medication, tic or otherwise, will also be allowed provided the family agrees to refrain from med changes over the course of the study if at all possible.
• Sufficient command of the English language to comply with study protocol.

You may not qualify if…

• Free of PDD or other developmental disability

Where it is running

• Weill Cornell Medical College — New York, New York, United States

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