Behavioral Treatment and Memantine in Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Summary

The goal of the proposed study is to compare the efficacy of behavioral treatment (BT) to memantine, a psychopharmacological agent, for BFRBs. 28 subjects with trichotillomania (TTM) or skin picking disorder (SPD) will receive 8 weeks of memantine treatment, followed by 8 weeks of comprehensive behavioral therapy (ComB) treatment. The hypothesis to be tested is that behavioral therapy will be associated with superior clinical outcomes as compared to memantine. A second hypothesis is that both memantine and behavioral therapy will demonstrate improvement from baseline to the respective posttreatment assessment.

Timeline

Start

2023-08-02

Primary completion

2026-04-16

Completion

2027-06

Publications

• Background Grant JE, Chamberlain SR. Trichotillomania. Am J Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 1;173(9):868-74. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111432.
• Background Woods DW, Flessner CA, Franklin ME, Keuthen NJ, Goodwin RD, Stein DJ, Walther MR; Trichotillomania Learning Center-Scientific Advisory Board. The Trichotillomania Impact Project (TIP): exploring phenomenology, functional impairment, and treatment utilization. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;67(12):1877-88. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v67n1207.
• Background Grant JE, Odlaug BL, Chamberlain SR, Keuthen NJ, Lochner C, Stein DJ. Skin picking disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 Nov;169(11):1143-9. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12040508.
• Background Farhat LC, Olfson E, Nasir M, Levine JLS, Li F, Miguel EC, Bloch MH. Pharmacological and behavioral treatment for trichotillomania: An updated systematic review with meta-analysis. Depress Anxiety. 2020 Aug;37(8):715-727. doi: 10.1002/da.23028. Epub 2020 May 10.
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• Background Carlson EJ, Malloy EJ, Brauer L, Golomb RG, Grant JE, Mansueto CS, Haaga DAF. Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Treatment of Trichotillomania: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Behav Ther. 2021 Nov;52(6):1543-1557. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2021.05.007. Epub 2021 Jun 3.
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