Clinical trials: Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia, Phobia
TMS and Exposure Therapy
Spider phobia is an exceedingly common phobia throughout the world. The current standard treatment involves exposure therapy, which consists of a series of brief exposures of an individual to the thing they fear, in this case…
- Trial name
- NCT04019054
- Testing
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS), Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex (vmPFC), Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS), vertex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Phobias
fMRI Study Examining Effects of D-cycloserine in Specific Phobia
The research team hopes to use brain imaging and mental testing to learn more about specific phobias and the treatment of phobia.
- Trial name
- NCT00591825
- Testing
- D-cycloserine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
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
Phobias Snakes, Phobias Spiders
Bringing Exposure Therapy to Real-Life Context With Augmented Reality
In this patented project, U.S. Patent No. 10,839,707, the investigators will develop an augmented reality exposure therapy method for arachnophobia, and fear of snakes, to test in the clinic.
- Trial name
- ARET (NCT03649347)
- Testing
- Augmented reality exposure therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Arachnophobia, Cynophobia
Telemedicine-Based Virtual Reality Clinic for the Treatment of Phobias
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled efficacy trial comparing the delivery of exposure therapy via a telemedicine-based virtual reality clinic (Doxy.me VR) vs.
- Conditions
- Arachnophobia, Cynophobia, Ophidiophobia
- Trial name
- NCT06302868
- Testing
- Telemedicine Exposure Therapy Using Photos and Videos, Telemedicine-Based Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida