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NCT Number: NCT07774481

Anxiety Skills Study

The purposes of this study are: (1) to identify baseline predictors of relative success in cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based treatments for anxiety, (2) explore who benefits from a brief, video-based skill training compared to receiving 4 sessions of therapy, and (3) to evaluate how durable these effects are over 1 year.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Acute Anxiety Chronic Anxiety Disorders Anxiety and Mood Disorders Generalized Anxiety Disorder Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Panic Disorder Panic Disorder (With or Without Agoraphobia) Phobia, Social Phobia, Specific Phobic Disorders Social Anxiety Disorder Specific Phobia

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Psychology Building at Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Matt Southward, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

614-247-0331

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Presence of clinically elevated anxiety
  • Living in Ohio

Exclusion criteria

  • No access to a smartphone
  • Presence of conditions that would necessitate alternative care

Treatment and study plan

cognitive therapy

Behavioral

Cognitive therapy involves identifying and challenging negative automatic thoughts.

Behavioral therapy

Behavioral

Behavioral therapy involves identifying emotional urges and acting opposite to those urges.

Mindfulness-Based Therapy

Behavioral

Mindfulness-based therapy involves cultivating nonjudgmental present-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)

    Time frame: Weekly for 6 weeks, then monthly for 1 year.

    Minimum value: 0. Maximum value = 20. High scores mean worse outcomes.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS)

    Time frame: Weekly for 6 weeks, then monthly for 1 year.

    Minimum = 0. Maximum = 20. Higher scores mean worse outcomes.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Study Coordinator, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

614-398-1624

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ohio State University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Personalizing and Optimizing CBT Skills for Anxiety

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2030
First posted
Aug 19, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 19, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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