NCT01076777

Physical Exercise Versus Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Panic Disorders: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Effects of Physical Exercise on Anxiety and Co-morbid Emotional Disturbances: A Clinical Trail in a Day Care Unit

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bergen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare manualised physical exercise conducted in groups to manualised cognitive-behavioral therapy conducted in groups as treatment for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia.

Conditions

• Panic Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physical exercise	Manualised Exercise performed in groups (5-8 participants per group). 3 sessions (á 60 minutes) per week for 12 consecutive weeks
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive-behavioral therapy	Cognitive-behavioral therapy conducted in groups (5-8 participants per group). 1 session (á 2-2.25 hours depending on group size) per week for 12 consecutive weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-05-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2010-02-26
• Last updated: 2010-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway