Clinical trial NCT03571464: Study of the Efficacy of GGRO: a Novel Cognitive Training App
Official title: Can Brief, Daily Training Using a Mobile Applications Help Change Maladaptive Beliefs? A Cross-over Randomized-control Study Evaluating the Efficacy of GGRO in Reducing Maladaptive Beliefs and Obsessive-compulsive Symptoms
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obsessive Thoughts
Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorder
cognitive therapy
maladaptive beliefs
mobile app
Lead sponsor: University of Valencia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-06-27
Enrollment: 97
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: All participants were requested to complete web-based assessment, with questionnaires relating to maladaptive beliefs, mood and OC symptoms at baseline (T1), 15 days following baseline (T2) and 30 days following baseline (T3). Participants in Immediate use GGRO group started using the app at baseline and continued using the app for 15 consecutive days. They were then requested to stop using the app until T3. Participants in the Delayed use GGRO group were requested to wait for 15 days and only then start using the app (cross-over) for 15 consecutive days.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of GGRO reducing OCD related maladaptive beliefs and OCD symptoms. Specifically, a randomized controlled trial with crossover design was carried out in non-clinical population to assess pre-post changes in levels of OCD-related maladaptive beliefs and OCD symptoms, including relationship OCD (ROCD) symptoms, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms following 15 days of using GGRO.

Detailed description: The implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in the treatment or prevention of OCD symptoms has been significantly lower compared to with its application in other anxiety disorders.

Recently, an exploratory study evaluated a brief, game-like, training exercise for challenging OCD-beliefs delivered via a mobile application platform named GGRO. However, more studies are needed to test the efficacy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being a Spanish at native level, and having a mobile device capable of installing the application GGRO

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in obsessive beliefs
timeFrame: 15 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in obsessive compulsive symptoms
timeFrame: 15 days
measure: Change in depression symptoms
timeFrame: 15 days
measure: Change in Self-Esteem
timeFrame: 15 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Professor
name: María Roncero, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Roncero M, Belloch A, Doron G. A novel approach to challenging OCD related beliefs using a mobile-app: An exploratory study. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2018 Jun;59:157-160. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.01.008. Epub 2018 Feb 2.
citation: Roncero M, Belloch A, Doron G. Can Brief, Daily Training Using a Mobile App Help Change Maladaptive Beliefs? Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Feb 13;7(2):e11443. doi: 10.2196/11443.