Status:
COMPLETED
Optimizing Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Los Angeles
Conditions:
Social Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study will compare the effects that two different approaches of exposure therapy have on reducing fear and anxiety in individuals with social anxiety disorder or panic disorder.
Detailed Description
A substantial number of individuals fail to achieve clinically significant symptom relief from exposure-based therapies or experience a return of fear following exposure therapy completion. The prevai...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Seeking treatment for social anxiety or panic disorder and demonstration of elevated scores using standardized self-report measures and diagnostic interview
- Age 18 to 65
- Either stabilized on psychotropic medications or medication-free
- English-speaking
- Access to telehealth resources (for Zoom treatment sessions after March 2020 due to COVID-19)
- Exclusion criteria include:
- Patient report of serious medical conditions - such as respiratory (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, muscular-skeletal diseases - or pregnancy
- Active suicidal ideation or self-harm in the past year; history of suicide attempts in the last 10 years
- History of bipolar disorder, psychosis, mental retardation or organic brain damage
- Substance abuse/dependence within last 6 months
- Concurrent therapy focused on anxiety. Participants are allowed to be in other forms of therapy, provided the therapy does not focus on anxiety (e.g., supportive counseling) and they have been stabilized on this alternative therapy for at least 6 months
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 14 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
89 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04048824
Start Date
August 14 2015
End Date
January 1 2025
Last Update
April 6 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095