Avatar-mediated Therapy Versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Persisting Experiences of Hearing Voices
NCT ID: NCT05982158
Last Updated: 2024-11-22
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
212 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-08-08
2027-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
The standard therapy arm will be based on a focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) protocol for AVHs. Sessions will involve discussing the characteristics of participant's AVHs, before applying core CBT approaches, adapted to the AVH experience, to conduct a thorough cognitive behavioural assessment with a focus on coping strategy enhancement and cognitive restructuring.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Seven 50-minute therapy sessions conducted by videoconferencing.
Avatar Therapy
The experimental arm will use avatar therapy. Sessions will involve generating an audio-visual avatar as a virtual representation of the primary 'voice' that the participant hears. This will be used to recreate AVHs experientially and allow participants to practice alternative ways of responding to the 'voice'. This innovative approach will be combined with the use of broader CBT methods.
Avatar therapy
Seven 50-minute therapy sessions conducted by videoconferencing.
Interventions
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Avatar therapy
Seven 50-minute therapy sessions conducted by videoconferencing.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Seven 50-minute therapy sessions conducted by videoconferencing.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Experiencing current auditory verbal hallucinations as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) item P3 ≥ 4
* Auditory verbal hallucinations present for at least one year
* AVHs include significant negative content (PSYRATS item 6 ≥ 2) and/or AVHs are distressing (PSYRATS item item 9 ≥ 2)
* Current treatment with antipsychotic medication, or has been treated with antipsychotic medication in the past, with at least two different antipsychotic compounds, and these have been discontinued due to insufficient treatment response and/or poor tolerability.
* Access to the internet and a computer or other device on which videoconferencing software can be used
* Sufficient fluency in English for meaningful participation
* Age 18 or over
* Ability to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Estimated full scale IQ \< 70 (using the Test of Premorbid Functioning, TOPF)
* Within the last month or planned at the time of intake: a change of antipsychotic medication,
* Current or within the past 3 months receipt of individual psychological therapy for hearing voices, or receipt of electro-convulsive therapy or other brain stimulation treatment;
* AVHs in a language not spoken by the therapists.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Copenhagen
OTHER
University of Manchester
OTHER
University of Melbourne
OTHER
Monash University
OTHER
Perth Voices Clinic
UNKNOWN
University of the Sunshine Coast
UNKNOWN
University of Toronto
OTHER
Swinburne University of Technology
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Neil Thomas
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Swinburne University of Technology
Locations
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Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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GNT2015133
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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