Self-Help Group for the Treatment of Hoarding Disorder

• Sponsor: University of Miami (Other)
• Overall Status: Recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT01585896
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 60
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 146
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.4

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The proposed study aims to investigate the efficacy of a facilitated self-help group for the treatment of hoarding disorder. Eligible participants will take part in a facilitated self-help group. The investigators aim to investigate the effects of a self-help group on hoarding symptoms. The investigators hypothesize that participants will demonstrate decreased hoarding symptoms over time.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Hoarding Disorder	Other: Self-Help Group	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 60 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Self-Help Group for the Treatment of Hoarding Disorder
• Actual Study Start Date: Apr 1, 2012
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2024
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2024

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Self-help group The facilitated self-help group, which represents an empirically supported intervention for hoarding (Frost et al., 2011).	Other: Self-Help Group; The facilitated self-help group may last approximately 13 sessions. This treatment represents an empirically supported intervention for hoarding (Frost et al., 2011), based on a Facilitator's Manual (Maxner et al., 2010), which is a treatment manual based on the book Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding (Tolin, Frost, & Steketee, 2007).

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Hoarding Rating Scale [13 weeks]

   Interviewer-rated measure of hoarding severity will be administered at Screening, Pre-Treatment, Mid-Treatment (approximately Week 7), Post-Treatment (approximately week 13), 1-month Follow-up The Hoarding Rating scale has a total score ranging from 0-40 with the higher score indicating higher symptoms of hoarding.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinically relevant symptoms of hoarding disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

• under 18

• psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, substance abuse or dependence

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Miami	Coral Gables	Florida	United States	33124

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Miami

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Kiara R Timpano, PhD, University of Miami

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

• University of Miami Program for Anxiety, Stress, and OCD Research Webpage

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Kiara Timpano, Associate Professor, University of Miami
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01585896
• Other Study ID Numbers: 20111146
• First Posted: Apr 26, 2012
• Last Update Posted: Jul 12, 2022
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Kiara Timpano, Associate Professor, University of Miami: Hoarding; Compulsive Hoarding; Self-Help
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Hoarding Disorder

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 12, 2022