Developmental Phenomenology of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

June 23, 2005 updated by: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

OBJECTIVES: I. Characterize the natural history, associated features, and severity of symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome in children and adolescents.

II. Identify factors that influence the clinical course and prognosis of these patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

PROTOCOL OUTLINE: All patients and their families participate in 6 parts of the study: current severity of symptoms, coincident disease diagnoses, natural history, neuropsychologic assessment, physical and neurologic assessment, and family history and function. The evaluations include the following: Current Severity of Symptoms Assessment, Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS), Clinician's Global Impression-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (CGI-OC), Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version (LOI-CV), Obsessive Compulsive Personality Rating Scale, Yale Global Tic Severity Scale(YGTSS), Clinician's Global Impression-Tourette Syndrome (CGI-TS), Tourette Syndrome Symptom List (TSSL), Clinician's Global Impression-Anxiety (CGI-A), Covi Anxiety Scale (CAS), Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale-Revised (CMAS-R), Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised, Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised, Louisville Fear Survey, Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R), Clinician's Global Impression-Depression (CGI-D), Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), The Dimensions of Temperament Survey (DOTS), Mosher Guilt Scale-Revised, Real vs. Ideal Self Questionnaire, Harter Self-Perception Profile For Children, The Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS), The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Coincident Disease Diagnoses Assessment, Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-II (DISC-II), Yale Best Estimate of Diagnoses Schedule (Y-BEDS), Natural History Evaluation, Yale Natural History Questionnaire (YHNQ), Social Readjustment Scale for Children, Neuropsychologic Assessment, Delayed Response Tasks, Continuous Performance Task, Continuous Recognition Memory, Selective Reminding Procedures, Card Sorting Tasks, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, Digit Span, Digit Symbol and Mazes Paced Auditory, Serial Addition Task, Purdue Pegboard Trail Making Tasks, Fluency Tasks, Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition, Physical, Neurologic, and Neurochemical Assessment Physical exam (abbreviated), Physical and Neurological Examination for Soft Signs (PANESS), 24-hour urinary cortisol and catecholamines, Family History and Family Function Assessment of family history, Assessment of Family Functioning.

The estimated duration of study is 10 years.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment

90

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520-8035
        • Yale University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

5 years to 17 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics-- Obsessive compulsive disorder or Tourette syndrome meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

Collaborators

Yale University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 1989

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 18, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 18, 1999

First Posted (Estimate)

October 19, 1999

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 24, 2005

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 23, 2005

Last Verified

January 1, 2004

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • NCRR-M01RR06022-5099
  • YALESM-5099

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