Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Versus Exposure in Vivo for Social Phobia

NCT ID: NCT01746667

Last Updated: 2017-03-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-02-29
• Study Completion Date: 2015-08-31

Brief Summary

The current study aims at comparing the efficacy of exposure in vivo and exposure via virtual reality for social anxiety disorder. 70 patients with social anxiety disorder will be randomized to either one of the active conditions or to a waiting-list condition. Participants on the waiting-list will be offered either exposure in vivo of in virtual reality after a waiting period of five weeks. Levels of psychopathology will be assessed at pre- and post-treatment as well as three and 12 months after treatment.

Conditions

Social Anxiety Disorder; Social Phobia

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Exposure in vivo

This treatment will consist of 10 sessions (twice a week) of exposure therapy based on the protocol used previously in exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder by Scholing \& Emmelkamp (1993).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exposure in vivo

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

This treatment consists of 10 sessions (twice a week) of exposure therapy by using virtual environments.

The difference between the exposure in vivo and virtual reality exposure therapy is the exposure component, which will be delivered in vivo in one condition and through the Head Mounted Display (HMD) in the other condition.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Wait-list

Participants on the wait-list will be offered either exposure in vivo or in virtual reality after a waiting period of five weeks.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Exposure in vivo

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Behavior Therapy; Virtual Reality Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 - 65 years old
• a primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder as measured with the SCID
• fluency in Dutch.

Exclusion Criteria

• psychotic episodes in the past, suicidal intentions or substance dependence.
• behavior therapy in the preceding one year.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

VU University of Amsterdam

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Paul M.G.Emmelkamp

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Paul GM Emmelkamp, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Amsterdam

Nexhmedin Morina, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Amsterdam

Locations

University of Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Psychology

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

Countries

Netherlands

References

Kampmann IL, Emmelkamp PMG, Morina N. Cognitive predictors of treatment outcome for exposure therapy: do changes in self-efficacy, self-focused attention, and estimated social costs predict symptom improvement in social anxiety disorder? BMC Psychiatry. 2019 Feb 22;19(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2054-2.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 30795749 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

05510207

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id