Status:

RECRUITING

Training Reward Responsiveness Through Virtual Reality

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, Los Angeles

Conditions:

Positive Affect

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of enhanced Virtual Reality-Reward Training (eVR-RT) with an active control condition, Virtual Reality-Memory Training (VR-MT), on positive affect a...

Detailed Description

Anhedonia, or loss of interest and pleasure in usual activities, has been relatively resistant to pharmacological and psychological treatments in the context of anxiety and depression. Newer treatment...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • At least 18 years old
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Meet all of the following dimensional score cutoffs:
  • Score on the DASS-21 depression subscale must be ≥ 8
  • Score on the PANAS-P of 27 or lower
  • Score on the WSAS of ≥ 11

Exclusion

  • Lifetime history of bipolar disorder, psychosis, mental retardation, or organic brain damage
  • Substance use disorder in the past 6 months
  • Current use of psychotropic medications
  • Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant
  • Self-reported frequent motion sickness
  • Self-reported seizures within the last year and/or a diagnosis of epilepsy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 8 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07219875

Start Date

July 8 2025

End Date

June 1 2027

Last Update

October 22 2025

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University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095