EMDR in the Treatment of Specific Phobia.

Specific Phobia Clinical Trial

Official title:

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in the Treatment of Specific Phobia. A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00184145
• Other study ID #: EPLK-2004
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 10, 2005
• Last updated: February 24, 2017
• Start date: June 2004
• Est. completion date: September 2004

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose for this study is to determine whether EMDR is effective in the treatment of specific (animal) phobia.

Description:

Aims: To test the hypothesis that one session EMDR is more effective for the treatment of specific (animal) phobia than relaxation immediately after treatment and at follow-up. Secondly to test whether an additional one-session exposure therapy offered to both treatment groups (EMDR patients and relaxation patients) improves outcome in the EMDR-group and results in equal outcome for both treatment groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: September 2004
• Est. primary completion date: September 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with Specific (Animal) Phobia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current or past psychotic disorder

• Current substance dependence or abuse

• Serious physical illness

• Active suicidal behavior

• Bipolar affective disorder

• Pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Phobic Disorders
• Specific Phobia

Intervention

Other:
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Psychotherapy which is approved for PTSD.
• Exposure therapy
All participants in the study received exposure therapy som second treatment. Exposure therapy is the therapy of choice for animal phobia.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	St. Olavs Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Behavioral Approach Test towards the feared animal.		Before and after each treatment
Secondary	Scores on self-report questionnaires on phobic symptoms		Before and after both treatments
Secondary	Neuropsychological function		Before first treatment, some measures also before second treatment
Secondary	Cognitive strategies		Before both treatments