NCT04663724

Computer - Based Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder

Computer-Based Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder, A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Suspended
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study is a controlled trial that seeks to examine the feasibility, acceptability, mechanism, and efficacy of a recently developed computer-based therapy in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD)

Detailed description

This randomized clinical trial examines the feasibility, acceptability, mechanism, and relative efficacy of two forms of a recently developed 4-week/8-session computer-based therapy in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD). The purpose of this study is to assess whether a brief computer-based research treatment, provided in 30 minutes sessions, helps improve social anxiety symptoms, and by what mechanism. The study will also assess the effect of research treatments on brain activity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Conditions

• Social Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Computer-Based Treatment	A 4-week (8 30-minute sessions) course of computer-based treatment involving viewing pictures of faces while music may play. Participants will receive research treatment twice a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-15
• Primary completion: 2026-11-30
• Completion: 2027-02-28
• First posted: 2020-12-11
• Last updated: 2026-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States