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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2015 Jun 30;32(8):580–593. doi: 10.1002/da.22389

Table 1.

Characteristics of Randomized Controlled Trials of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitores (SRIs) Included in Meta-analysis

N Treatment
Subtype
Control Tx Mean
Age
%
Comorbid
TS/CTD
%
Comorbid
ADHD
%
Comorbid
Depressive
Disorder
%
Comorbid
Anxiety
Disorder
Baseline
OCD
Severity
on
CY-BOCS
% on
SRI Med
at
Baseline
# of 1hr
Therapy
Sessions
%
Active
Tx
Dropout
Method
Quality
CBT Trials
Barrett et al. 2004 48 ERP WL 11.3 23 0 2 77 23.3 17 14 0 29
POTS, 2004a 56 ERP PLBO 11.9 14 16 7 29 25.6 0 14 11 38
Bolton & Perrin, 2007 20 ERP WL 13.2 5 5 10 50 23.0 0 9 20 30
Freeman et al. 2008 42 ERP RT 7.1 10 19 NR NR 22.4 14 12 27 32
Williams et al. 2010 21 CT WL 13.6 NR 10 5 NR 22.1 33 10 9 31
Bolton et al. 2011 60 CT WL 14.6 3 8 15 38 23.1 15 12 6 31
Piacentini et al. 2011 71 ERP RT 12.2 11 14 4 47 24.9 9 12 16 38
Storch et al. 2011 31 ERP WL 11.1 3 7 10 45 23.4 55 14 13 31
Lewin et al. 2014 31 ERP TAU 5.8 0 42 0 71 24.5 0 12 0 32
Freeman et al. 2014 127 ERP RT 7.2 18 14 2 47 25.6 2 12 13 41

SRI Trials
Flament et al. 1985b 19 CMI WL 14.5 NR NR NR NR NR 0 NA 0 33
Leonard et al. 1989b 49 CMI DES 13.9 NR NR NR NR NR 0 NA 2 28
March et al. 1990c 16 CMI PLBO 15.0 0 NR NR NR 26.0 0 NA 25 26
DeVeaugh-Geiss et al. 1992c 60 CMI PLBO 14.3 0 0 NR NR 27.7 0 NA 13 31
Riddle et al. 1992 13 FLUX PLBO 11.7 15 8 15 54 22.4 0 NA 14 36
March et al. 1998 107 SERT PLBO 12.6 4 5 2 4 22.8 0 NA 20 34
Geller et al. 2001c 103 FLUX PLBO 11.4 0 0 NR NR 25.0 0 NA 31 37
Riddle et al. 2001 120 FLUV PLBO 13.0 NR 2 1 2 24.2 0 NA 33 33
Liebowietz et al. 2002c 43 FLUX PLBO 12.7 0 7 21 47 23.2 0 NA 5 39
Geller et al. 2004 203 PARX PLBO 11.3 NR 9 NR 7 24.8 0 NA 34 39
POTS, 2004a 56 SERT PLBO 12.0 18 16 7 34 23.4 0 NA 7 29
a

placebo group used in both comparisons,

b

used a cross-over trial design,

c

Tourette Syndrome in exclusion criteria

NOTE: NR = Not Reported, NA = Not Available/Applicable