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Cognitive Training in Patients With Trichotillomania (Hair-pulling Disorder)

NCT02794753 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-06-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The principal aim of this study is to establish the impact of Cognitive Training in patients with primary Hair-pulling Disorder. Half of the participants will be training with the true training intervention and the other half with the active control intervention.

Study findings will also provide information on whether an internet based CT intervention, done at patients' homes, is feasible as a mode of treatment for HPD patients in SA.

Conditions

  • Trichotillomania

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Working memory training

BEHAVIORAL

Game

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Research Foundation, Singapore

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Medical Research Council, South Africa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Stikland Psychiatric Hospital

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Stellenbosch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Derine Sandenbergh, MSc · Senior clinical psychologist / Lecturer

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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