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Project EMPOWER-OCD

Key facts

Who runs it
Boston University Charles River Campus
Where
Boston, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
110 people, planned
Started
25 Mar 2025
Expected to end
Feb 2027
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Project EMPOWER-OCD
  • Project CARE
Record updated
8 October 2026

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Can take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • 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

Who cannot take part

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

Where in United States

  • Boston UniversityBoston, United StatesContact: Jenna Y Sung, Ph.D.Taking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

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.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Project EMPOWER-OCDTreatment being tested

    Project EMPOWER-OCD is a web-based intervention for caregivers that takes about 20-25 minutes to complete that reduces accommodation.

  • Project CAREExisting treatment, for comparison

    This active psychoeducation-based SSI will provide general information on caregiving and caregiver mental health.

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Web-based Single Session Intervention to Reduce Caregiver Distress and Accommodation in Socioeconomically Diverse Caregivers of OCD Patients
Record updated
8 October 2026