NCT05780203

CBM in the Context of Exposure for Acrophobia

The Effects of Exposure in the Context of Anxious Thinking Styles

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ruhr University of Bochum · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The proposed study will apply a one-session exposure treatment combined with CBM training modifying interpretational processing biases versus a sham training in acrophobic individuals. The main aim is to advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying exposure treatment.

Detailed description

The present study will apply a one-session exposure treatment followed by a computerized interpretational training (CBM) or sham training in acrophobic individuals. By doing so, it aims to better understand the mechanisms underlying exposure, i.e., the role of cognitive change. Specifically, this study aims to enhance changes in disorder-relevant cognitive processing post-exposure, compared to a sham training. Further, we hope to improve both therapy outcomes and the generalization of therapeutic effects.

Conditions

• Acrophobia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	One session exposure treatment	One session exposure treatment during which patients will be confronted with a height-related situation.
BEHAVIORAL	Sham Cognitive Bias Modification training	Sham Cognitive Bias Modification training procedure matched in format to active training but adapted to not target height-related, interpretational processing biases.
BEHAVIORAL	Active Cognitive Bias Modification training	Active Cognitive Bias Modification training targeting height-related, interpretational processing biases.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-11
• Primary completion: 2023-10-27
• Completion: 2023-12-15
• First posted: 2023-03-22
• Last updated: 2024-04-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany