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Measuring Automated Behavioral Observations & Vocal Expressions (ABOVE)

NCT03459456 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2025-08-18

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Summary

The investigators propose to synchronize automated measurements of behavior - head, body, and face dynamics, gaze, and vocal prosody - with simultaneous recordings of brain activity in clinically relevant contexts.

Conditions

  • OCD
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Provocation OC task (Provoc)

used to evoke OC-related distress

BEHAVIORAL

Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)

used to evoke anxiety unrelated to OCD (e.g., performance anxiety)

BEHAVIORAL

Exposure provocation task

used to elicit overt OCD rituals

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brown University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Pittsburgh

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wayne Goodman, MD · Baylor College of Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-11
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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