Clinical trials: Specific Phobias
Specific Phobia
oVRcome Self-guided Virtual Reality for Specific Phobias
Specific phobias: fear of flying, heights, spiders, dogs and needles are the extremely common and exposure therapy (ET) is the first line of treatment.
- Trial name
- oVRcome (NCT04909177)
- Testing
- Smartphone application (app) in combination with headset
- Where
- New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- University of Otago
Specific Phobia, Other
Counseling Intervention on Severe Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers
Assess the effect of a counseling intervention adopted from heath belief model merged with multiple smart phone-based action cues on the level of nomophobia among participants with severe nomophobia Assess the effect of a…
- Trial name
- NCT06550557
- Testing
- counselling sessions
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder
Virtual Reality for Youth Phobias
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) delivered exposure therapy for youth with phobias or social anxiety, with and without autism spectrum disorder.
- Conditions
- Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05839431
- Testing
- Virtual Reality for Youth Phobias
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
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, Acrophobia
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Acrophobia
The aim of this study is to examine the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) as a treatment for specific phobia (acrophobia).
- Conditions
- Specific Phobia, Acrophobia, Fear of Heights, Anxiety Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04975854
- Testing
- Exposure Therapy (Virtual Reality), Information Session
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic
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, Animal
Improving the Efficacy of Exposure Therapy for the Treatment of Cockroach Phobia
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy and efficiency of the Projection-Based augmented reality therapy under two conditions: multiple stimuli (different types of cockroaches) (P-ARET MS) versus single stimulus (one…
- Trial name
- NCT04563403
- Testing
- Projection-based augmented reality therapy (P-ARET)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Relationship Between Repetitive Negative Thinking and CBT Outcomes
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the role of repetitive negative thinking (measured by the RTQ) in adult populations from an anxiety disorders and trauma clinic.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06370559
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Perinatal Depression, Specific Phobia
Maternal Telemental Health Interventions in Response to Covid-19*
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a telemental health intervention on the mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 crisis in Qatar.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Depression, Specific Phobia, Perinatal Anxiety
- Trial name
- CoronaVirus (NCT04594525)
- Testing
- Low-Intensity Psychosocial Interventions through Telemental health
- Where
- Qatar
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Hamad Medical Corporation
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
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
Dental Anxiety
Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children With Dental Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to determine whether internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) is effective in the treatment of children and adolescents with dental anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT02588079
- Testing
- Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Internet-Based, Parent-Led Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Youth With ASD
This study compares the effectiveness of two levels of therapist support for an internet-based, parent-led cognitive behavioral therapy for youth with anxiety and ASD.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05284435
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Email (iCBT-E), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Email and Videoconferencing (iCBT-EV)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Fear of Spiders, Fear of Heights
Generalized Fear Extinction to Untreated Fear Stimuli in Specific Phobias After Exposure
This study investigates whether a one-session exposure treatment for spider-related stimuli can lead to a generalization of extinguished fear to height-related stimuli in individuals with comorbid fear of spiders and fear of…
- Trial name
- NCT03907345
- Testing
- Exposure
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
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
Specific Phobia, Fear of Falling
How to Act on the Mobility Restriction Linked to Senior's Phobia of Falling
This project aims to determine the respective impacts of two routine care regarding phobic of falling seniors on the mobility restriction.
- Trial name
- PACTE (NCT02554838)
- Testing
- Physical activity, Home assessment and modification, Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Social Anxiety, Major Depression Mild
Transdiagnostic REBT Prevention Program for Adolescents
Anxiety and depressive disorders are common in adolescents, however they are often unrecognized. Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is efficient for children and adolescents.
- Conditions
- Social Anxiety, Major Depression Mild, Panic Disorder, Specific Phobia
- Trial name
- NCT02756507
- Testing
- video-based transdiagnostic REBT, Wait list
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 381 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Babes-Bolyai University
Anxiety Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Physiological Response to Unpredictable Stimuli
This study will evaluate the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on physiological reactivity. This study will focus on individuals with anxiety who will participate in an 8-week MBSR class.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03206437
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Waitlist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Specific Phobia, Anxiety Disorder
Online Psychological Treatment for Rat Phobia Guided by a Virtual Assistant
The research work proposes an exposure treatment through a virtual therapeutic assistant called Thera, that interacts verbally with the patient, to guide and control exposure therapies for phobias to small animals delivered…
- Trial name
- NCT05081323
- Testing
- Self-applied treatment for phobias
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Specific Phobia, Anxiety Disorders
Augmenting Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Acrophobia
This study will examine whether tactile feedback and point-based rewards can be used to improve outcomes from virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia.
- Conditions
- Specific Phobia, Anxiety Disorders, Fear of Heights, Acrophobia
- Trial name
- NCT03917433
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, Tactile Feedback, Point-based Rewards
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Reno