Anxiety Skills Study

Part of paid clinical trials in Columbus, Ohio.

Sponsor
Ohio State University
Study ID
NCT07774481
Status
Recruiting

Conditions

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

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • 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.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 19, 2026
Start date
Oct 20, 2025
Status verified
Aug 2026
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2029
Completion
Aug 31, 2030

Study Design

Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Cognitive therapy
  • Active Comparator: Behavioral therapy
  • Active Comparator: Mindfulness-based therapy

Primary Outcome Measure

Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) [ Time Frame: Weekly for 6 weeks, then monthly for 1 year. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Psychology Building at Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio43210
Matt Southward, PhD
614-247-0331

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