NCT03819426

Walking or High Intensity Exercise for Anxiety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

After an initial phone screen process, approximately 50 participants will be enrolled and evaluated/screened in person after consenting to achieve 30 eligible participants with a principal diagnosis of GAD, panic disorder, or social anxiety disorder and high anxiety sensitivity (Anxiety Sensitivity Index score =20). Participants will be given a choice of either high intensity interval training (HIIT) or walking interventions, which will be completed over the course of 8 weeks. The goal of the study is to 1) obtain pilot data comparing the efficacy of HIIT vs. walking for effects on psychiatric, functioning and immune outcomes, 2) to identify adherence levels given the choice of exercise intensity, and 3) to identify proportion of individuals opting for each intervention. Results from this pilot study will be used to inform future grant applications including a K award.

Conditions

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Social Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Low Intensity Exercise Intervention	Those in the walking intervention will be instructed to take walks below a brisk pace (low intensity) to improve mood
BEHAVIORAL	High Intensity Intervention	Instructed in high intensity interval training techniques and will be provided videos to follow for implementation of intervention at home that will include short bursts of high energy

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-11
• Primary completion: 2020-07-29
• Completion: 2020-07-29
• First posted: 2019-01-28
• Last updated: 2020-09-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States