Anxiety DisordersNCT04157296
Neurally Targeted Cognitive Training to Augment CBT Outcomes in Pediatric Anxiety
A study testing Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and computerized cognitive training (CCT) in people with Anxiety Disorders, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study will assign participants with anxiety to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with computerized cognitive training (CCT). In addition, the study will have a control group and enroll age- and gender-matched anxious children assigned to CBT. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 7 to 17 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Anxiety Disorders
- What is being tested?
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and computerized cognitive training (CCT)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 21 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 4 Feb 2020to 12 Nov 2021
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 7 to 17 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Parent or guardian willing to give informed consent, and children willing to give informed assent to participate in the study
- Must be actively enrolled and maintain eligibility in Dimensional Brain Behavior Predictors of CBT Outcomes in Pediatric Anxiety (HUM00118950; P.I. Fitzgerald) to participate in the study.
Who cannot join
- Color blindness
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Neurally Targeted Cognitive Training to Augment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Outcomes in Pediatric Anxiety
This study will assign participants with anxiety to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with computerized cognitive training (CCT). In addition, the study will have a control group and enroll age- and gender-matched anxious children assigned to CBT.
The hypothesis of this trial is that CCT with CBT will further increase task control network (TCN) activation and connectivity.
Read more
Both groups will have one CBT therapy session each week for 12 weeks. However, for participants in the CCT arm plus CBT they will also receive up to 4 weeks of at home CCT to complete during the two weeks prior to the first CBT session and during the two weeks after the first CBT session. CCT is to be done at home for approximately 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week. Additionally, participants in the CCT arm plus CBT will receive CCT for 30 minutes just prior to CBT sessions 4-12.
Each group will also have pre and post therapy functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and be asked to complete anxiety severity interviews and questionnaires throughout the study as well as after the treatment.
Update as of 4/7/2020: Enrollment and in-person-only interactions/interventions are temporarily paused due to COVID-19 and are expected to resume in the future. This is not a suspension of IRB approval.
Update as of 7/20/2020: Enrollment and in-person-only interactions/interventions are resumed.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders
- Being tested
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), computerized cognitive training (CCT)
- Keywords
- anxious, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Computerized cognitive training
- Medical subject headings
- Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)Behavioural
The CBT intervention will consist of 12 weekly 60 minute sessions of the manualized therapy, adapted from the Coping Cat program, for the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders.
computerized cognitive training (CCT)Behavioural
CCT intervention will consist of approximately 30 minutes of CCT games prior to each CBT session, to engage cognitive control capacity prior to receipt of CBT. The CCT games will be designed to target focused attention, response inhibition, working memory and multiple simultaneous attention to constitute a general executive function training, and activate neural systems associated with executive function/cognitive control. Difficulty of the games will be titrated individually and by session to avoid boredom and progressively activate the functional systems underlying cognitive control.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| CBT and computerized cognitive training (CCT) | Experimental | Participants will play CCT games at home 5 times per week for two weeks before beginning CBT and for two weeks after the first CBT session. Then participants will have CCT games immediately prior to CBT for nine more weeks (one time a week). Receives: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); Behavioral: computerized cognitive training (CCT) |
| Cognitive behavioral therapy | Active comparator | Participants will receive CBT sessions once a week for 12 weeks. Receives: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Brain Activation and Connectivity in the Task-control Network (TCN)
Pre- to post-CBT changes in brain activation and function connectivity in the task-control network including fronto-parietal and cingulo-opercular regions mediating cognitive control. Functional activation and connectivity of these brain regions are assessed using a conflict interference computer task performed during MRI scanning.
Measured: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Secondary outcomes (4)
Change in Pediatric Anxiety Rating Score (PARS)
This is a 50-question interview-based tool used to assess for the presence and severity of anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents utilizing parental and youth input to guide clinician ratings. The total scores on this scale range from 0 to 30, with scores above 13 indicating clinically meaningful anxiety. The numbers presented represent the value at 12 weeks minus the value at baseline
Measured: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Change in Behavioral Performance on the Conflict Interference Task- Conflict Task Reaction Times
Pre- to post-CBT changes in the behavioral performance in a conflict interference task. The time for the task at 12 weeks minus at baseline yields a number whose absolute value of change is shown below. Thus, when assessing the change, the higher number corresponds to more improvement in reaction time.
Measured: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Change in Behavioral Performance on the Conflict Interference Task- Conflict Task Accuracy
Pre- to post-CBT changes in the behavioral performance in a conflict interference task. Conflict interference task refers to a task assigned to a participant to complete that also includes some form of distraction or condition that interferes with completion of the task. For this, the lower number indicates more improvement in accuracy in competing the task.
Measured: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Change in Tasks Testing Cognitive Control Capacity Included in the NIH Toolbox
Pre- to post-CBT changes in the NIH toolbox composite score from the cognitive control module included in the toolbox. The NIH toolbox standard score has a mean of 100 and standard deviation (SD) of 15. The lower the change in the score between the pre- and the post-CBT changes indicates the higher degree of improvement.
Measured: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted8 Nov 2019
- Study start4 Feb 2020
- Primary completion7 Nov 2021
- Study completion12 Nov 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for Anxiety DisordersStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of MichiganThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Care provider
- Enrolment
- 21 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Yanni Liu, University of Michigan
- Investigators
- Yanni Liu, Ph.D., Principal investigator, University of Michigan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04157296
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HUM00169730
- Other IDs
- 5UL1TR002240-03
- Status last verified
- Jan 2023
- First submitted
- 6 Nov 2019
- Last updated
- 1 Feb 2023
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Feb 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Neurally Targeted Cognitive Training to Augment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Outcomes in Pediatric Anxiety
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04157296
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HUM00169730
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders
- Keywords
- anxious, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Computerized cognitive training
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 21 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of MichiganUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Study start
- 4 Feb 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 7 Nov 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 12 Nov 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 8 Nov 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 1 Feb 2023
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will assign participants with anxiety to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with computerized cognitive training (CCT). In addition, the study will have a control group and enroll age- and gender-matched anxious children assigned to CBT.
The hypothesis of this trial is that CCT with CBT will further increase task control network (TCN) activation and connectivity.
Both groups will have one CBT therapy session each week for 12 weeks. However, for participants in the CCT arm plus CBT they will also receive up to 4 weeks of at home CCT to complete during the two weeks prior to the first CBT session and during the two weeks after the first CBT session. CCT is to be done at home for approximately 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week. Additionally, participants in the CCT arm plus CBT will receive CCT for 30 minutes just prior to CBT sessions 4-12.
Each group will also have pre and post therapy functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and be asked to complete anxiety severity interviews and questionnaires throughout the study as well as after the treatment.
Update as of 4/7/2020: Enrollment and in-person-only interactions/interventions are temporarily paused due to COVID-19 and are expected to resume in the future. This is not a suspension of IRB approval.
Update as of 7/20/2020: Enrollment and in-person-only interactions/interventions are resumed.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (care provider)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| CBT and computerized cognitive training (CCT) | Experimental | Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Behavioral: computerized cognitive training (CCT)Participants will play CCT games at home 5 times per week for two weeks before beginning CBT and for two weeks after the first CBT session. Then participants will have CCT games immediately prior to CBT for nine more weeks (one time a week). |
| Cognitive behavioral therapy | Active comparator | Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)Participants will receive CBT sessions once a week for 12 weeks. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 7 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Parent or guardian willing to give informed consent, and children willing to give informed assent to participate in the study
- Must be actively enrolled and maintain eligibility in Dimensional Brain Behavior Predictors of CBT Outcomes in Pediatric Anxiety (HUM00118950; P.I. Fitzgerald) to participate in the study.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Color blindness
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)The CBT intervention will consist of 12 weekly 60 minute sessions of the manualized therapy, adapted from the Coping Cat program, for the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders. | Behavioural | CBT and computerized cognitive training (CCT), Cognitive behavioral therapy |
| computerized cognitive training (CCT)CCT intervention will consist of approximately 30 minutes of CCT games prior to each CBT session, to engage cognitive control capacity prior to receipt of CBT. The CCT games will be designed to target focused attention, response inhibition, working memory and multiple simultaneous attention to constitute a general executive function training, and activate neural systems associated with executive function/cognitive control. Difficulty of the games will be titrated individually and by session to avoid boredom and progressively activate the functional systems underlying cognitive control. | Behavioural | CBT and computerized cognitive training (CCT) |
Primary outcome
Change in Brain Activation and Connectivity in the Task-control Network (TCN)
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Pre- to post-CBT changes in brain activation and function connectivity in the task-control network including fronto-parietal and cingulo-opercular regions mediating cognitive control. Functional activation and connectivity of these brain regions are assessed using a conflict interference computer task performed during MRI scanning.
4 secondary outcomes
Change in Pediatric Anxiety Rating Score (PARS)
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Change in Behavioral Performance on the Conflict Interference Task- Conflict Task Reaction Times
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Change in Behavioral Performance on the Conflict Interference Task- Conflict Task Accuracy
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Change in Tasks Testing Cognitive Control Capacity Included in the NIH Toolbox
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Feb 2023.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Yanni Liu, Ph.D. principal investigator
University of Michigan
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and computerized cognitive training (CCT) in people with Anxiety Disorders, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Feb 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 1 Feb 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Brain Activation and Connectivity in the Task-control Network (TCN) (time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks (after therapy)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Feb 2023.