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Combination of Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and Evidence-based interventions for co-occurring diagnoses (i.e., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Parent Training) for Childhood Tic Disorder

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Florida International University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from pre-treatment to post and 1-month
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Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a group-based intervention can help improve tic disorders and common co-occurring diagnoses for youth.

Eligible Conditions
  • Childhood Tic Disorder
  • There is no change to this term.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from pre-treatment to post and 1-month
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from pre-treatment to post and 1-month for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS)
Secondary outcome measures
Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBD-RS)
Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Experimental: Taming Tics Together ProtocolExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Families will participate in the 5-day telehealth-based intensive intervention and will receive three treatment formats which will provide CBIT and co-occurring diagnosis treatment: Child/teen-only groups Individual one-to-one sessions Parent/caregiver-only groups
Group II: 1-Month Waitlist ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Families in the 1-month waitlist control group will participate in the initial intake assessment, then receive no treatment for a 1-month period. Following the 1-month period, families will participate in an assessment, then will be offered a place in a Taming Tics Together group
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Combination of Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and Evidence-based interventions for co-occurring diagnoses (i.e., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Parent Training)
2021
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Florida International UniversityLead Sponsor
99 Previous Clinical Trials
17,286 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryJournal
The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale: Initial Testing of a Clinician-rated Scale of Tic Severity
LECKMAN, JAMES F., MARK A. RIDDLE, MAUREEN T. HARDIN, SHARON I. ORT, KAREN L. SWARTZ, JOHN STEVENSON, and DONALD J. COHEN. 1989. “The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale: Initial Testing of a Clinician-rated Scale of Tic Severity”. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1097/00004583-198907000-00015.
Behaviour Research and TherapyJournal
Assessment of Symptoms of DSM-IV Anxiety and Depression in Children: A Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale
Chorpita, Bruce F, Letitia Yim, Catherine Moffitt, Lori A Umemoto, and Sarah E Francis. 2000. “Assessment of Symptoms of DSM-IV Anxiety and Depression in Children: A Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale”. Behaviour Research and Therapy. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(99)00130-8.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Improving Symptom Trajectories of Tic Disorders and Co-occurring Diagnoses: The Role of Integrative Intensive Intervention
2021. "Improving Symptom Trajectories of Tic Disorders and Co-occurring Diagnoses: The Role of Integrative Intensive Intervention". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04878302.
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