Status:
COMPLETED
Attention Bias Modification for Transdiagnostic Anxiety
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-55 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This project seeks to identify neural mechanisms underlying the tendency for anxious individuals to pay more attention to threatening information than to other types of information. A computerized tre...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants will:
- be between the ages of 18 and 55 years,
- score \>45 on the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-trait form.
- score \>=75th percentile on the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0
Exclusion
- Current medication or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for anxiety or depression;
- Failure to meet standard Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) inclusion criteria: those who have cardiac pacemakers, neural pacemakers, surgical clips in the brain or blood vessels, surgically implanted metal plates, screws or pins, cochlear implants, Intrauterine Devices, metal braces, or other metal objects in their body, especially in the eye. If the subject has any metal or implants in the body they must be deemed safe by the MRI Research Center's safety screening procedure prior to enrollment. Dental fillings do not present a problem. Plastic or removable dental appliances do not require exclusion. Pregnancy, determined by pregnancy tests on females.
- currently suicidal or at risk for harm to self or others,
- visual disturbance (\<20/40 as per the Snellen test, corrective lenses allowed)
- \<6th grade reading level as per the Wide Range Achievement Test
- presence of bipolar, psychotic, autism spectrum, substance dependence, or primary depressive disorder
- positive urine drug test
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02303691
Start Date
April 1 2013
End Date
January 1 2018
Last Update
March 8 2018
Active Locations (1)
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University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213