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Project EMPOWER-OCD

Boston University Charles River Campus · NCT07158801

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
110
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 25, 2025
Record last updated
October 8, 2026

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What the study is about

This research study aims to adapt and evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of Project EMPOWER-OCD for socioeconomically diverse caregivers of patients with OCD. Designed to reduce obstacles (e.g. months long time commitment, high cost, transportation) to treatment that caregivers may be particularly prone to, project EMPOWER-OCD will provide targeted intervention of accommodation - a well-established, potentially modifiable risk factor for child anxiety, OCD, and its related disorders - in a single, self-guided session via an online format.

Being studied: Project EMPOWER-OCD; Project CARE

Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • be a caregiver for at least one individual with OCD, defined as living in the same household and providing daily care
  • be 18 years old or older
  • the individual they are caring for have clinically significant OCD symptoms, indicated by a score a 16 or above on the self-reported Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale - Parent Report (CY-BOCS-PR)
  • speak, read, and write English
  • not be in concurrent family-based CBT treatment for the patient's OCD.

Exclusion Criteria

  • does not speak English
  • younger than 18 years old
  • participation in concurrent family-based CBT treatment for the patient's OCD.

Recruiting US locations

  • Boston University

    Boston, MA 02215

    Site contact: Jenna Y Sung, Ph.D. · 617-353-1503 · Jensung@bu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Jenna Y Sung, Ph.D. · 617-353-1503 · jensung@bu.edu
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