Anxiety Disorders Clinical Trial
Official title:
Phase 3 of The Development of A Unified Treatment for Anxiety Disorders
Verified date | November 2018 |
Source | Boston University Charles River Campus |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The purpose of this study is to develop a new psychological therapy for a variety of different types of emotional disorders. The study will compare symptoms and functioning of clients who receive the treatment with those who do not, and will include a number of assessments before, during, and after treatment. We predict that patients receiving active treatment will show improved functioning relative to wait-list control.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 37 |
Est. completion date | November 2010 |
Est. primary completion date | November 2008 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Primary Diagnosis of a DSM-IV Anxiety Disorder Exclusion Criteria: - Previous treatment with cognitive-behavioral therapy - Receiving concurrent psychological treatments during study - If on psychotropic medicine, requirement for stable dose for at least three months before treatment |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Boston University Charles River Campus |
Barlow DH. Unraveling the mysteries of anxiety and its disorders from the perspective of emotion theory. Am Psychol. 2000 Nov;55(11):1247-63. — View Citation
Barlow, D.H., Allen, L., & Choate, M.L. (2006). The Unified Protocol for Treatment of the Emotional Disorders. Unpublished manuscript, Boston University.
Brown TA, Campbell LA, Lehman CL, Grisham JR, Mancill RB. Current and lifetime comorbidity of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders in a large clinical sample. J Abnorm Psychol. 2001 Nov;110(4):585-99. — View Citation
Brown TA, Chorpita BF, Barlow DH. Structural relationships among dimensions of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders and dimensions of negative affect, positive affect, and autonomic arousal. J Abnorm Psychol. 1998 May;107(2):179-92. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV | DSM-IV diagnoses of anxiety disorders. Principal and additional diagnoses are assigned a clinical severity rating (CSR) on a scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 8 (extremely severe symptoms), with a rating of 4 or above (definitely disturbing/disabling) passing the clinical threshold for DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale | Each item is scored on a scale of 0 (not present) to 4 (severe), with a total score range of 0-56, where <17 indicates mild severity, 18-24 mild to moderate severity and 25-30 moderate to severe. Reported scores are the mean total scores. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale | Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, items are scored on scale of 0 to 4, higher score meaning a higher severity. Total scores can range from 0 (no symptoms) to 53 (severe). Reported scores are a mean of the total scores. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Positive and Negative Affect Scale | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Negative Affectivity; Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Positive Affectivity; Items are rated on a scale of 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely) relating to how a person feels average feels the indicated emotion. Total scores can range from 20 to 100. Higher scores are more severe. Reported scores are based on mean totals. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Beck Depression Inventory - II | Items are measured on a scale from 0 (little to no symptoms) to 3 (severe). Total scores can range from 0 to 63, higher ratings are more severe. Total score of 0-13 is considered minimal range, 14-19 is mild, 20-28 is moderate, and 29-63 is severe. The reported scores are mean total scores. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Beck Anxiety Inventory | Items are scored on a 0 to 3 scale. Total scores range from 0 to 63. 0-9 is minimal, 10-16 is mild, 17-29 is moderate, and 30-63 is severe. Reported scores are a mean of total scores. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Work and Social Adjustment Scale | Items are scored on a 0 to 8 scale. The total score range is 0 to 40. Higher scores are more severe. Reported scores are means of total scores. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Panic Disorder Severity Scale - Self Report Version | Items are rated on a scale of 0 to 4. Scores can range from 0 to 28. Higher scores indicate higher severity of Panic Disorder symptoms | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Penn State Worry Questionnaire | The PSWQ is a 16-item questionnaire. Items are rated from 1 to 5, and a total score can range from 16 to 80. Higher scores indicate higher severity of worry symptoms. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Social Interaction Anxiety Scale | The SIAS is a twenty-item measure. Experiences are rated on a 5-point scale from 0 to 4. Experiences are rated on a global period of what is typical. A total score of 60 is possible with cutoffs of 34+ indicative of social phobia and 43+ indicative of social anxiety. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Quality of Life Inventory | The QOLI is a 32 item self-report, asking about the importance of 16 domains of life and a participant's satisfaction in each domain. Scores can range from -48 to 115. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale | The Y-BOCS is a 12-item scale used to see symptom severity of obsessions and compulsions. Items are scored from 0 to 4. The total score can range from 0 to 48. A higher score indicates higher symptom severity. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Emotion Regulation Questionnaire - 2 | The ERQ-2 is a 16 item self-report. Items are scored from 1 to 7, and focus on emotional experience and emotional expression. Scores can range from 16 to 112, and higher scores indicate stronger cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression abilities. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | BIS/BAS Scales (Carver & White, 1994) | The Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Approach System Scales is a 20-item self-report where all items can be rated from 0 to 3. The total score can range from 0 to 60. Higher scores indicate higher levels of behavioral inhibition skills. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Affective Control Scale | The ACS is a 42 item scale where each item is rated from 1 to 7. Scores can range from 42 to 294. Higher scores indicate higher skill levels for controlling emotions | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Anxiety Sensitivity Index | The ASI is a 16 item self report where items can be scored from 0 to 4. Scores can range from 0 to 64. Higher scores indicate a higher sensitivity to anxiety and it's symptoms. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | The Thought-Action Fusion Scale (Shafran et al., 1996) | The TAF is a 19 item self report where each item can be scored from 0 to 4. Scores can range from 0 to 76. Higher scores indicate a higher frequency of maladaptive cognitive intrusions. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS) | The IUS is a 27-item self report where each item can be scored from 0 to 4. Scores range from 0 to 108. It rates response to uncertainty, ambiguous situations, and the future. Higher scores indicate higher anxiety and depressive symptoms. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) | |
Secondary | The Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS; Salovey et al., 1995) | The TMMS is a 48 item self report where each item can be scored from 1 to 5. The three subscales are Attention, Clarity, and Repair. Scores for each of the three subscales can each range from 16 to 80. Higher scores indicate higher emotion regulation skills. | Measured at pre-treatment (baseline) and post-treatment (month 3) |
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