Clinical trials: Specific Phobia
Specific Phobia, Arachnophobia
Use of Safety Behaviors in Exposure Therapy for Arachnophobia
This study examines the impact of safety behaviors (i.e., unnecessary protective actions) on outcomes of exposure therapy for spider phobia.
- Conditions
- Specific Phobia, Arachnophobia, Spider Phobia
- Trial name
- NCT04470882
- Testing
- Exposure with faded safety behaviors, Exposure without safety behaviors, Exposure with unfaded safety behaviors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Reno
Specific Phobia
Enhancing Exposure Therapy for Snake and Spider Phobias
This study tests whether exposure therapy for fear of snakes or spiders is enhanced by the addition of a brief fear retrieval trial prior to treatment, and the use of compound extinction during treatment.
- Trial name
- Snake/Spider (NCT02160470)
- Testing
- Exposure Therapy with Retrieval, Exposure Therapy with Compound Extinction, Exposure Therapy with Retrieval and Compound Extinction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Autism, Asperger's Syndrome
Exposure-Focused Family-Based CBT for Youth With ASD and Comorbid Anxiety
Autism spectrum disorders affect as many as 1 out of 88 children and are related to significant impairment in social, adaptive, and school functioning.
- Conditions
- Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01919970
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder
Testing a Precision Psychotherapy System for Low-income Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of an evidence-based system to recommend core interventions, before the beginning of treatment, to psychotherapists treating low-income patients with depressive or anxiety…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder
- Trial name
- ML_LMIC (NCT05118594)
- Testing
- Pre-treatment psychotherapy recommendations
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina
Specific Phobia
Exposure, D-cycloserine Enhancement, and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Snake Phobics
The aim of the present study is to determine whether people receiving d-cycloserine and exposure therapy show different brain reactions to symptom provocation compared to people receiving placebo and exposure therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01450306
- Testing
- D-cycloserine, Exposure therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hartford Hospital
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
Anxiety Disorders, Specific Phobia
Parent-Augmented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Children With Specific Phobias
This study will compare the effectiveness of two types of cognitive behavioral therapy, one-session exposure treatment and family-enhanced one-session exposure treatment, in treating children with specific phobias.
- Trial name
- NCT00509951
- Testing
- One-session exposure treatment, Augmented one-session exposure treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Anxiety, Anxiety Acute
Anxiety Skills Study
The purposes of this study are: (1) to identify baseline predictors of relative success in cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based treatments for anxiety, (2) explore who benefits from a brief, video-based skill training…
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Anxiety Acute, Anxiety Chronic, Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07774481
- Testing
- Cognitive therapy, Behavioral therapy, Mindfulness-based therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Major Depressive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Comparing Individual Therapies for Veterans With Depression, PTSD, and Panic Disorder
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a brief, efficient, and effective treatment for individuals with depressive/anxiety disorders.
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
- Trial name
- NCT04293341
- Testing
- Transdiagnostic Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for MDD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 304 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Specific Phobia
Self-efficacy Enhancement and Exposure Therapy
Self-efficacy refers to the perceived belief to cope effectively, by personal efforts, with challenging situations and problems (Bandura, 1977).
- Trial name
- NCT03105024
- Testing
- Self-efficacy enhancement, Control intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Flying Phobia
An Internet-based Treatment for Flying Phobia
Flying phobia (FP) is one of the most prevalent phobias in our society. However, not all patients benefit from in vivo exposure, given that an important amount of them do not accept the intervention, drop out when they are…
- Trial name
- NCT03900559
- Testing
- NO-FEAR Airlines
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Specific Phobia
Effectiveness of a Projection-based Augmented Reality Exposure System in Treating Cockroach Phobia.
The main aim of this study is to validate and test the clinical effectiveness of the projection-based augmented reality system in cockroach phobia exposure therapy through an RCT that includes three conditions: (i)…
- Trial name
- NCT04563390
- Testing
- Projection-based augmented reality exposure therapy (P-ARET)., In vivo exposure therapy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Specific Phobia, Specific Phobia, Situational
Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Treat Pediatric Anxiety
Anxiety is a common and impairing problem for children. The principle treatment for pediatric anxiety involves facing a child's fears in a stepwise approach through a therapeutic exercise called exposures.
- Conditions
- Specific Phobia, Specific Phobia, Situational, Specific Phobia, Animal, Specific Phobia, Natural Environment
- Trial name
- NCT04504773
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Social Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia
Building an Outcomes Assessment Infrastructure to Assess Anxiety Treatment
The collection of patient self-report and diagnostic data will allow us to examine the efficacy of the treatment delivered in the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program.
- Conditions
- Social Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02305537
- Testing
- McLean Anxiety Mastery Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 559 people
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Anxiety Disorders
Schema Therapy for Treatment-resistant Anxiety Disorders
The aim of this study is to assess the cost-effectiveness of schema therapy compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in patients with treatment-resistant anxiety disorders.
- Trial name
- PaDoLA (NCT06298695)
- Testing
- Individual Schema Therapy, TAU
- Volunteers
- 172 people
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Animal Phobia
Improving the Exposure Therapy Through Projection-based Augmented Reality for the Treatment of Cockroach Phobia
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy and efficiency of varying the phobic stimuli during the augmented reality (AR) exposure therapy using multiple stimuli versus one single stimulus through projection-based AR (P-ARET)…
- Trial name
- NCT04553120
- Testing
- Alternating single stimulus and multiple stimuli
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Specific Phobia
EMDR in the Treatment of Specific Phobia.
The purpose for this study is to determine whether EMDR is effective in the treatment of specific (animal) phobia.
- Trial name
- NCT00184145
- Testing
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Exposure therapy
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Specific Phobia, Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
Virtual Reality Exposure in Spider Phobia
While knowledge on the neurobiological signatures of fear and anxiety disorders and, in particular, their association with treatment outcome is accumulating, clinical translation still awaits empirical proof of evidence.
- Conditions
- Specific Phobia, Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, Virtual Reality
- Trial name
- NCT03208400
- Testing
- virtual reality exposure
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 338 people
- Sponsor
- Julius-Maximilians University
Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder
Efficacy of Expectancy Focused Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
This clinical trial evaluates whether an optimized exposure-based treatment improves long-term outcomes for adults with anxiety disorders.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Trial name
- EFE-AD (NCT07753330)
- Testing
- Expectancy Focused Exposure, Anxiety Focused Exposure
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Specific Phobias
Self-Distancing for Specific Phobia in Youth
Self-Distancing is a cognitive technique that involves a shift in self-talk characterized by replacing first-person (e.g., "I") with second- or third-person pronouns (i.e., "you", one's own name) to promote an adaptive…
- Trial name
- NCT06339463
- Testing
- Self-Distancing Intervention, First-person self-talk
- Sponsor
- Columbia University