Clinical trials: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Acute Psychosis
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Psychotic Inpatients
The overarching aim of the research project is to investigate whether Acceptance \& Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an efficacious psychotherapeutic method of treatment for inpatients suffering from acute psychosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02458105
- Testing
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Attention
- Where
- Sweden
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Depression, Obesity
Health At Every Size and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy vs. Behavioral Weight Loss for Obesity and Depression in Women
The primary aim of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled pilot study evaluating the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a newly developed combined Health At Every Size and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT02501239
- Testing
- Accept Yourself!, Weight Watchers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Chronic Pain
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain in Integrated Primary Care
This mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial sought to: 1) evaluate implementation of a brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment for chronic pain delivered by an integrated behavioral health consultant in primary…
- Trial name
- NCT04978961
- Testing
- Focused Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (FACT), Enhanced Treatment as Usual (ETAU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Suicide, Psychiatric Rehabilitation
ACT for Life: a Brief Intervention for Maximizing Recovery After Suicidal Crises
An estimated 20 Veterans kill themselves every day. Suicide prevention literature and public health policy both call for treatment targeting high-risk populations, such as Veterans hospitalized due to suicidal intent and/or…
- Trial name
- NCT02751983
- Testing
- ACT for Life, Treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Testicular Cancer
Pursuing Exploration Into the Supportive Care Needs and Intervention Preferences of Survivors of Testicular Cancer
This trial tests the impact of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based coaching program delivered via videoconferencing on fear of cancer recurrence (primary outcome), anxiety, other symptoms, health-related quality of…
- Trial name
- PERSIST (NCT07228637)
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Coaching, Education and Support Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Psychotic Disorders
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Inpatient Treatment of Psychosis
There is a substantial need for enhancing the efficacy and effectiveness of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient services for psychosis and tailoring them to support recovery.
- Trial name
- ACT-IP (NCT01981356)
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Pain, Stroke
VR-ACT After Stroke: a Feasibility Study
This exploratory project aims to develop and pilot test, in a parallel group randomized controlled trial (RCT) design, the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a self-management virtual reality (VR) 8-week…
- Trial name
- VR-ACT (NCT06990646)
- Testing
- VR-ACT
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Chronic Pain, Veterans
Co-Adaptation of an Digital Pain Management Program for Canadian Veterans
The goal of this study is to gather feedback from Canadian Veterans living with chronic pain, and clinicians serving Canadian Veterans, on an existing digital psychology program for self-management of chronic pain delivered…
- Trial name
- ADOPTCanVets (NCT07818980)
- Testing
- Self-Guided Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dementia
ACT for People With Dementia Experiencing Psychological Distress
Introduction: People with dementia have a high prevalence of psychological distress but are under-served with evidence-based psychological interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT04630912
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Major Depression
Secondary Prevention of Depression Through Group-based ACT-Therapy Preceded by an Experimental ABM-Procedure
Depression (major depressive disorder; MDD) is a very common mental disorder. Research suggests that individuals with prior depressive episodes have a risk of the relapse or recurrence of MDD.
- Trial name
- NCT02648165
- Testing
- Attention Bias Modification, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 224 people
- Sponsor
- Sorlandet Hospital HF
Anxiety, Stress
Wait List Controlled Trial of Brief ACT and Brief MBSR-informed Group Interventions for Anxiety in a University Setting
A randomised wait-list-controlled trial is being run in a psychology department research clinic at a London University providing two four-week group interventions (one Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and one…
- Trial name
- NCT04236505
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) group based intervention, Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) informed brief mindfulness skills group intervention, Wait list Control group
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- City, University of London
Health-Related Behavior
Investigating Two Prototype Mobile App Interventions to Increase Physical Activity
This randomized control trial aims to investigate whether writing about personal values helps enhance motivation to engage in physical activity, relative to general self-reflective writing.
- Trial name
- NCT06372275
- Testing
- Values Clarification Mobile Application, Self-Reflection Mobile Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Mississippi State University
Social Anxiety Disorder
Variations of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of two variants of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (cognitive therapy (CT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)), for the treatment of generalized social anxiety…
- Trial name
- NCT00948974
- Testing
- Cognitive Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Caregiver Stress, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
ACT Group for Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of group-based ACT intervention in improving the levels of psychological distress in caregivers of stroke survivors. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Stress, Caregiver Stress Syndrome, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Distress
- Trial name
- NCT07528261
- Testing
- Group-based ACT Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Wright Institute
Fractures, Closed, Pain, Postoperative
Pain and Narcotic Usage After Orthopaedic Surgery
This study aims to 1) observe the course of pain, 2) utilization of opioid pain medication, and 3) possible effect of a behavioral intervention delivered via an automated mobile phone messaging robot in patients undergoing…
- Conditions
- Fractures, Closed, Pain, Postoperative, Pain Catastrophizing, Pain, Acute
- Trial name
- NCT03991546
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Delivered via an Automated Mobile Messaging Robot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Christopher Anthony
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Type 2 Diabetes
ACT-DE for Diabetes Distress in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot RCT
This study is a pilot RCT to examine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a 6-week acceptance-based diabetes education programme (ACT-DE) on diabetes distress, self-care efficacy and behaviours of…
- Conditions
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Distress
- Trial name
- ACT-DE (NCT05563987)
- Testing
- ACT-DE, DE
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Total Knee Arthroplasty, Knee Osteoarthritis
IMProving Outcomes With ACT After Knee Surgery
Regarding psychosocial factors and outcomes in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), most of the current literature and the investigators' previous work suggest that depression, anxiety and pre-operative pain strongly predict worse…
- Trial name
- IMPACTS (NCT06483191)
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Videoconferencing-based Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Parents of SHCN Children
The purpose of the proposed non-randomized waitlist-controlled design study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of using a Videoconferencing-based Individual Focused Acceptance and…
- Conditions
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Development Delay
- Trial name
- NCT05803252
- Testing
- Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Waitlist Control
- Where
- 5 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Persisting Symptoms After Concussion
Treatment of Persisting Symptoms After Concussion With Psilocybin Assisted Therapy
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of psilocybin assisted therapy as an intervention to reduce symptom burden in adult patients (aged 18-65) with persisting symptoms…
- Trial name
- PatACT (NCT06615908)
- Testing
- Psilocybin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Repetitive Negative Thinking
Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Web-Based Self-Help Program for College Students
The goal of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the repetitive negative thinking (RNT) focused web-based self-help program in college students.
- Trial name
- NCT06192056
- Testing
- RNT Focused Web- Based Self-Help Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Halic University