NCT07025486

Effectiveness of HabitWorks and Symptom Tracking for Anxiety and Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 340 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mclean Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Our objective is to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that compares two digital interventions - Symptom Tracking and the HabitWorks app - in a sample of adults endorsing symptoms of anxiety or depression. We hope to obtain pilot data to support a fully powered RCT to test moderators: 1. Target engagement (improvement in interpretation bias) 2. Feasibility and acceptability of Symptom Tracking and HabitWorks and procedures for a general community sample 3. Symptom and functioning measures

Detailed description

HabitWorks is a personalized, transdiagnostic, smartphone-delivered interpretation bias intervention. Our pilot studies of HabitWorks revealed good acceptability, feasibility, and target engagement in a variety of populations (Beard, Ramadurai, et al., 2021; Beard, Beckham, et al., 2021). Our next step is to test effectiveness for anxiety and depression symptoms in a larger, community sample. Results will provide pilot data to support an R01 effectiveness trial. We will randomize adults with anxiety or depression to HabitWorks or a credible control arm and examine effects on interpretation bias, symptoms, and functioning.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression, Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HabitWorks	Smartphone delivered interpretation bias exercises, symptom tracking
BEHAVIORAL	Symptom TRacking	Self-assessment via symptom surveys

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-13
• Primary completion: 2025-04-04
• Completion: 2025-04-04
• First posted: 2025-06-17
• Last updated: 2025-06-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States