The Feasibility and Efficacy of a Two-week MCT Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in a Group Setting

NCT ID: NCT05402306

Last Updated: 2022-06-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-02-28

Study Completion Date

2023-01-28

Brief Summary

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Long treatment durations may not always be feasible for patients due to pressure to get better quickly, long travel distance to treatment clinics, inflexible working hours, or childcare. To overcome these challenges intensive treatments are currently emerging and several research studies have shown significant and lasting results of diagnosis-specific intensive treatments. A transdiagnostic treatment in a group setting can contribute to a more efficient course of treatment for patients.

Research suggests that Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is an effective treatment for anxiety disorders. However, MCT has not previously been used on inpatients over a two-week period. To make the treatment tangible for patients and easy to administer for therapists over a short time, attention training technique (ATT) will mainly be used as a changing technique.

The main aim of the study is to explore the feasibility and efficacy of intensive and short-term MCT for anxiety disorders in a group setting.

Detailed Description

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Design: The study will use randomized control trial with a waitlist control. Cohorts of 12 included patients will be randomly assigned to active treatment or waitlist for two weeks. The waitlist patients will receive the same treatment immediately after the two-week waiting period.

Inclusion criteria: Adults ranging from 18 to 30 years of age meeting diagnostic criteria for generalised anxiety disorder, social phobia, and/or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia will be included in the study. Further the participants must be able to communicate in Norwegian and provide written consent.

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria will be ongoing drug abuse, history of psychotic episodes, current suicidality, or participants not able to adapt to an intensive group format.

Conditions

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Anxiety Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment group

A two-week intensive group treatment with MCT mainly focusing on attention training. The participants will be allocated into treatment in groups of six. Group sessions will be conducted two times a day for approximately 60 minutes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment group

Intervention Type OTHER

Group metacognitive therapy, mainly with attention training technique over two weeks.

Waitlist control group

Cohorts of 12 included patients will be randomly assigned to active treatment or waitlist for two weeks. The waitlist patients will receive the same treatment immediately after four-week waiting period.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Treatment group

Group metacognitive therapy, mainly with attention training technique over two weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults between 18 and 30 years
* Meeting diagnostic criteria for generalised anxiety disorder, social phobia, and/or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia
* Provide written consent to partake in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Ongoing drug abuse
* History of psychotic episodes
* Current suicidality
* Participants not able to adapt to an intensive group format
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Modum Bad

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Oslo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sverre Urnes Johnson

Associate Professor Sverre Urnes Johnson

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sverre Urnes Johnson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Oslo & Modum Bad

Henrik Nordahl, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

KariAnne Vrabel, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Modum bad & University of Oslo

Asle Hoffart, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Modum Bad & University of Oslo

Therese R. Snuggerud, Masters

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Modum Bad

Locations

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Modum Bad

Vikersund, , Norway

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Norway

Central Contacts

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Sverre Urnes Johnson, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+4741633313

Facility Contacts

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Sverre Urnes Johnson, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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REK269896

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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