ZeroOCD: Learn to Overcome Contamination OCD With Your Smartphone

NCT07194473 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 189

Last updated 2025-09-26

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Summary

This study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of a smartphone-based augmented reality (AR) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app, called ZeroOCD, for individuals with elevated contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. The AR-CBT app will be compared to both an active control condition (manualized CBT via videoconferencing) and a waitlist control group.

Conditions

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ZeroOCD

The ZeroOCD app contains the following components: psychoeducation, detecting obsessive thoughts, coping with obsessions, goal setting, fear curve explanation, exposure with AR, re-exposure with AR, exposure hierarchy, exposure in real-life, re-exposure in real life and relapse prevention

BEHAVIORAL

Videoconferencing CBT

Videoconferencing CBT contains the following chapters: psychoeducation, detecting obsessive thoughts, coping with obsessions, goal setting, fear curve explanation, exposure hierarchy, exposure in real-life, re-exposure in real life and relapse prevention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bern

    collaborator OTHER
  • Stockholm University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Thomas More University of Applied Sciences

    collaborator OTHER
  • VU University of Amsterdam

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-21
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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