Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Clinical Trials

Recruiting obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) studies with sites across the US, sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and refreshed daily. Free to join — find one near you below.

Clinical trials study new ways to prevent, detect, or treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd). Joining one can give you access to investigational treatments and close monitoring by a specialist research team — at no cost — while helping advance care for others. Below are recruiting obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) studies with sites across the US; use the location tools to find ones near you.

What to expect

Screening first. The study team reviews your eligibility before anything else — there's no obligation to continue.
Informed consent. You'll get a full explanation of the study, its potential risks and benefits, and can withdraw at any time.
No cost to you. Study visits, tests, and the investigational treatment are covered; many studies reimburse travel.

Recruiting obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) trials

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Locating Biomarkers in OCD Through Behavioral Tasks

for OCD

3 sites incl. Pittsburgh

Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT03313622

Sonication-based OCD Neurosurgical Intervention Via Capsulotomy

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2 sites incl. Palo Alto

Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 25 - 64

Code: NCT06131502·Phase 1, Phase 2

Digital Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Central South University

Sex: All·Age: 12 - 65

Code: NCT07701616

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Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Dallas

Sponsor: Nader Pouratian

Sex: All·Age: 22 - 75

Code: NCT06660225

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Valbenazine in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: University of Chicago

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT07111988·Phase 2

Precision Brain Mapping to Predict and Track Response to Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy in Youth With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in New York

Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Sex: All·Age: 10 - 17

Code: NCT07570108

Psilocybin Whole Mushroom for the Treatment of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder.

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Tucson

Sponsor: Francisco A Moreno

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT07347405·Phase 1

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The STEP-MIED Trial: Digital Stepped-Care for Emotional Disorders

for Emotional Disorders

Sponsor: Peking University

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT07458100

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Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Cingulate Bundle (ACB) and the Ventral Anterior Limb of the Internal Capsule (vALIC) in Patients With Intractable Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 21 - 65

Code: NCT07303946

Pilot Study of RR-HNK in OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Palo Alto

Sponsor: Carolyn Rodriguez

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT06575075·Phase 1, Phase 2

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The Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality Treatment With Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 50

Code: NCT04534907

Safety and Feasibility of FUS Next Generation Dome Helmet (NGDH) to Perform Neuromodulation in Patients With Treatment Refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

for OCD

Sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 85

Code: NCT07704632

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MDMA-Assisted CBT for OCD (MDMA-CBT4OCD Study)

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Palo Alto

Sponsor: Carolyn Rodriguez

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05783817·Phase 2

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Treating Adolescent Obsessive Compulsive Disorder With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in San Francisco

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Sex: All·Age: 13 - 17

Code: NCT07065669

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Psychopathology in Adolescence

for Anxiety Disorders

Sponsor: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo

Sex: All·Age: 12 - 20

Code: NCT07259109

Project EMPOWER-OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Boston

Sponsor: Boston University Charles River Campus

Sex: All·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT07158801

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Retrospective Analyses of TrakStar Database

for Depression

1 site in Malvern

Sponsor: Neuronetics

Sex: All·Age: 5 - 120

Code: NCT06917339

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Implementation of Internet-Based Psychotherapy for OCD in Primary Health Care in Two Cities in the State of São Paulo

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT06658756

Search for Novel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Targets for Mental Illness

for Major Depressive Disorder

1 site in Sunnyvale

Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT06376734·Phase 2

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Evaluating the Feasibility, Safety and Efficacy of Psychotherapy Assisted Psilocybin for Treatment of Severe OCD

for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Beersheva Mental Health Center

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT04882839·Phase 2

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ICBT for OCD in Children With Autism

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Sex: All·Age: 7 - 17

Code: NCT06582225

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Improving Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Treatments: from Lesions to Neuromodulation Targets

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Fundacao Champalimaud

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 75

Code: NCT06490965

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Brief Culturally Adapted CBT for OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Pakistan Association of Cognitive Therapists

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT07232823

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Mechanisms of Exposure Therapy for OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2 sites incl. San Diego

Sponsor: Mclean Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT06173752

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Concentrated Exposure and Response Prevention for Children With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Uppsala University Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 6 - 12

Code: NCT06621381

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Feasibility, Clinical Effects, and Safety of Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy for Treatment-resistant OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT06299319·Phase 1

Effect of the French Version If the Metagognitive Bibliotherapy Program "MYMCT" on Obsessive-compulsive Symptoms

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06494735

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Pathogenesis of Pediatric Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Based on the Microbiota-gut-brain Axis

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Sex: All·Age: 7 - 17·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT06754319

Safety and Efficacy of Pramipexole Treatment in Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Clinical Academic Center (2CA-Braga)

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 64

Code: NCT06611592·Phase 2

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Identifying Local Field Potential Biomarkers for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Treatment With Deep Brain Stimulation

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: West China Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT06542224

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A Multicenter Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation Registry

for Dystonia

1 site in Boston

Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 0 - 18

Code: NCT06585618

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Efficacy and Influencing Factors of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Zhen Wang

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 50·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT06692114

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Towards Remission and Full Recovery From Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06318806

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Unique Electroencephalography (EEG) Markers of Habit Behaviors in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 50·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT06882902

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Outpatients Trial

for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 55

Code: NCT07206199

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Examining Mu Opioid Mechanisms of Ketamine's Rapid Effects in OCD (MKET2)

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Stanford

Sponsor: Stanford University

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT05940324·Phase 2

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An OCD Prevention Programme for at Risk Adults

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Babes-Bolyai University

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT06262464

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tDCS Associated With Symptom Provocation in the Management of Patients With Resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 70

Code: NCT06017713

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A Precision Medicine Approach to Target Engagement for Emotion Regulation

for Emotional Regulation

1 site in Columbus

Sponsor: Matthew Southward, PhD

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05651295

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Accelerated Rotational Field Deep TMS for Treating OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT07116785

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Diagnostic Accuracy of the Stepped Screening Protocol and Its Screening Tools in the Perinatal Period.

for Depressive

Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Sex: Female·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT05961306

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Study on Therapeutic Mechanism of Natural Psychotherapy for Neurosis

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Xiang Yang Zhang

Sex: All·Age: 15 - 60

Code: NCT06443125

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Neurostimulation Versus Therapy for Problems With Emotions

for Emotion Regulation

1 site in Durham

Sponsor: Duke University

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 55

Code: NCT05712057

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ITreatOCD: Predicting the Efficacy of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Pedro Morgado

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT05906069

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Imagery Rescripting as a Stand-alone Treatment for OCD and BDD.

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06346301

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SEEG-Guided DBS for OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Philadelphia

Sponsor: Casey H. Halpern, M.D.

Sex: All·Age: 22 - 75

Code: NCT05623306

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Neural Mechanisms of Response Inhibition Training for OCRD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Milwaukee

Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 60

Code: NCT05377125

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Neurosurgical Outcome Network

for Aneurysms

Sponsor: Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06724029

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CBT Augmentation to Promote Medication Discontinuation in Pediatric OCD

for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

1 site in Houston

Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Sex: All·Age: 7 - 17

Code: NCT05609916

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Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure Therapy for Geriatric Hoarding

for Hoarding Disorder

1 site in San Diego

Sponsor: University of California, San Diego

Sex: All·Age: 50+·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT05254015

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Inpatients

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic

Sex: All·Age: 17 - 55

Code: NCT07245134

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CO2 Reactivity as a Biomarker of Non-Response to Exposure-Based Therapy

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2 sites incl. Boston

Sponsor: Jasper A. Smits

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 70

Code: NCT05467683

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Ketamine in OCD: Efficacy and Effects on Stress and Cognition

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05577585

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Ketamine Safety and Tolerability in Psychiatric Inpatient Care (KetGD)

for Major Depressive Disorder

Sponsor: Medical University of Gdansk

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 90

Code: NCT05565352

Individually Targeted Neuromodulation for Contamination-based OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Belmont

Sponsor: Mclean Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 55

Code: NCT05048251

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Ventral Capsulotomy for Intractable OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Providence

Sponsor: Butler Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 90

Code: NCT05659082·Phase 3

Caloric Vestibular Stimulation for Modulation of Insight in Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Stanford

Sponsor: Stanford University

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 65

Code: NCT03918577

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Rituximab Treatment for Psychosis And/or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Probable Immune System Involvement

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Uppsala University Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 55

Code: NCT04323566·Phase 2

Glucose Consumption During Deep Brain Stimulation With Functional [18F]FDG-Brain-PET in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 75

Code: NCT05577598

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Interpretation Bias as a Mechanism of Treatment Response in OCD

for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1 site in Belmont

Sponsor: Mclean Hospital

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05224414

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) clinical trials — common questions

Are obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) clinical trials free to join?

Yes. Participating in a obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) clinical trial is free — study-related visits, tests, and the investigational treatment are provided at no cost to you. Many studies also reimburse travel and time. You never pay to take part.

Who can join a obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) clinical trial?

Each obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) study sets its own eligibility criteria — typically based on age, medical history, current treatments, and overall health. Every trial listed here shows its criteria, and the study team confirms your eligibility before enrollment. You can review and apply to any that look like a fit.

How do I find a obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) trial near me?

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How many obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) trials are recruiting right now?

We're currently tracking roughly 33 recruiting obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) trials with US sites, sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and refreshed daily.

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