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Waitlist-Control Trial of Smartphone (App-based) CBT for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), Withdrawn
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Where
- Boston, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Started
- 1 Sept 2023
- Ended
- 1 Dec 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Smartphone-delivered CBT for SAD
- Record updated
- 1 July 2026
- Why it stopped
- No longer proceeding with this study.
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- At least 18 years of age
- Current diagnosis of primary DSM-5 SAD, based on MINI
- Currently living in the United States
Who cannot take part
- Psychotropic medication changes within 2 months prior to enrollment i. Participants taking psychotropic medication must have been on a stable dose for at least 2 months prior to enrollment and not change medication during study period
- Concurrent psychological treatment
- Current severe substance use disorder
- Lifetime bipolar disorder or psychosis
- Past participation in ≥ 4 sessions of CBT for SAD
- Current severe comorbid major depression, as indicated by clinical judgment and/or a QIDS-SR total score ≥ 21 ***EDIT***
- Acute, active suicidal ideation as indicated by clinical judgment and/or a score ≥ 2 on the suicidal ideation subscale of the C-SSRS
- Does not own a supported mobile Smartphone with a data plan
- Lack of technology literacy that would interfere with ability to engage with smartphone treatment
Where in United States
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The investigators are testing the efficacy of Smartphone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD). The investigators hypothesize that participants receiving app-CBT will have greater reduction in LSAS scores than those in the waitlist condition at treatment endpoint (week 12).
The 2 groups in the trial
- Experimental: Smartphone-delivered CBT for SADTreatment being tested
12-week Smartphone delivered CBT for SAD.
Treatment: Smartphone-delivered CBT for SAD
- 12 Week Waitlist ControlOther group
12-week waitlist control. (Note: participants will be crossed over to 12-week Smartphone-delivered CBT for SAD following the 12-week waitlist control).
Treatment: Smartphone-delivered CBT for SAD
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Smartphone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized, Waitlist-control Trial
- Record updated
- 1 July 2026