NCT00129610

Study of Virtual Reality Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia

A Comparative Controlled Study of Virtual Reality Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (planned)
• Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims at comparing virtual reality therapy (VRT) with a usual cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program for agoraphobia. A waiting list represents the control condition. The investigators' purpose is to test a pure VRT compared with a pure CBT, as previous works suggest that the combination of the two methods are clinically effective. Patients receive a two-page information leaflet about the trial and sign an informed consent. After the first evaluation, they are randomized, in three centers (Lyon, Paris, Luxemburg), either to VRT (12 sessions) or CBT (12 sessions), or a waiting-list control condition for three months. After three months the waiting list is randomized to VRT or CBT. The follow-up is one year from entry into the active part of the trial.

Conditions

• Panic Disorder
• Agoraphobia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual Reality Therapy
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-01-01
• First posted: 2005-08-12
• Last updated: 2007-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France