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NCT05370391 | Recruiting | Tic Disorders

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics
Sponsor:

University of Miami

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Jill May Ehrenreich

Brief Summary:

The purpose of this protocol is to examine treatment outcomes of youth receiving the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and better understand the predictors, moderators, mediators and/or mechanisms of change for this intervention.

Condition or disease

Tic Disorders

Intervention/treatment

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

Phase

Not Applicable

Study Type : Interventional
Estimated Enrollment : 200 participants
Masking : None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose : Treatment
Official Title : Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) for Youth With Tics and Related Emotional Disorders
Actual Study Start Date : September 9, 2022
Estimated Primary Completion Date : January 2025
Estimated Study Completion Date : January 2025
Arm Intervention/treatment

Experimental: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

Experimental: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) Group Participants in this group will receive the CBIT intervention for up to 6 weeks.

Behavioral: Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
Ages Eligible for Study: 5 Years to 17 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Criteria
Inclusion criteria
  • A current diagnosis of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 Tic disorder (e.g., Tourette's Disorder/syndrome, Persistent (Chronic) Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder, or Provisional Tic Disorder) or caregiver/youth report of clinically impairing tic symptoms
  • Ability for youth to speak/read English sufficiently
  • At least one parent/caregiver available to sign study consent forms, remain present during assessments, and fill out study questionnaires in English.
  • Exclusion criteria
  • A current diagnosis of psychosis, bipolar disorder, intellectual disability, acute suicidality, alcohol/substance dependence, or eating disorder.
  • Youth currently receiving psychotherapy elsewhere and/or have previously received CBIT.
  • Currently suicidal or who have engaged in suicidal behaviors within the past 6 months will be excluded
  • Youth currently taking psychotropic medication for a co-morbid psychiatric illness will be included without a wash-out period (to not delay treatment).
    • Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics

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    Locations

    Recruiting

    United States, Florida

    University of Miami

    Coral Gables, florida, United States, 33124