Clinical trials: Arachnophobia
Fear of Spiders
The Neural Mechanisms of Imaginal Extinction
Imaginal exposure is a widely used and effective psychological treatment technique in which patients are exposed to fearful stimuli and situations using mental imagery.
- Trial name
- NCT05168592
- Testing
- Threat conditioning, Imaginal extinction
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Fear of Spiders
Neural Mechanisms of Imaginal and in Vivo Exposure
Imaginal exposure is a widely used and effective psychological treatment technique. Recent research suggests that neural activations and emotional responses during imaginal exposure are similar to those elicited during in vivo…
- Trial name
- NCT05193383
- Testing
- Imaginal exposure, Exposure, Approach-avoidance conflict
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Specific Phobia
Spider Phobia Opposite Action Treatment Study
This study tests the effectiveness of exposure therapy for fear of spiders as enhanced by the use of antagonistic or opposite actions during treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT02905279
- Testing
- Biofeedback Relaxation Training, Exposure Therapy, Exposure with Threat-Relevant Opposite Actions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Specific Phobias
tDCS-Augmented Exposure Therapy for Pathological Fear
This double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial aims to test whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to modulate fear extinction learning during exposure therapy for pathological fear, including…
- Trial name
- NCT03095482
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), In vivo exposure therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Fear of Spiders
Efficacy of a Gamified Augmented Reality Exposure-based Application in Subjects With Fear of Spiders
Investigation of the efficacy of a gamified augmented reality exposure app in individual with fear of spiders.
- Trial name
- GARET2019 (NCT04162509)
- Testing
- AR app
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD
Phobic Disorders
The Role of Treatment Expectation in Exposure Training With Spider Fearful Participants
This study evaluates the role of treatment success expectation in spider fearful individuals on the actual treatment success. Half of participants will have positive treatment success expectations, while the other half will have…
- Trial name
- NCT03012035
- Testing
- positive treatment expectations, neutral treatment expectations
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Acrophobia, Arachnophobia
3D Video Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Study
This study seeks to examine a Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) using the 3D Video Virtual Reality (VR) technology for the fear of spiders.
- Trial name
- 3D-VVRET (NCT02584387)
- Testing
- 3D Video Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
Pilot Study of Pharmaceutical and Behavioral Interventions to Treat Anxiety Disorders
The aim of this project is to create fear conditioning paradigm within which the relative strengths of various novel pharmacological and behavioral interventions can be tested.
- Trial name
- NCT01631682
- Testing
- Propranolol, Reactivation, Mifepristone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital