NCT04902066Completed
Face Your Fears: Cognitive Behavioural Virtual Reality Therapy for "Paranoia".
Face Your Fears: An Assessor-blinded, RCT Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Virtual Reality Therapy Versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study is a randomised, assessor-blinded parallel-groups superiority clinical trial fulfilling the CONSORT criteria for non-pharmacological treatment. A total of 256 patients will be allocated to either Cognitive Behavioural Virtual Reality Therapy plus treatment as usual, versus traditional CBT for psychosis plus treatment as usual. All participants will be assessed at baseline and 3- and 9 months post baseline. A stratified block-randomisation with concealed randomisation sequence will be conducted. Independent assessors blinded to the treatment will evaluate outcome. Analysis of outcome will be carried out with the intention to treat principles.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 259 (actual)
- First submitted
- 19 Apr 2021
- Start date
- 9 Apr 2021
- Primary completion date
- 21 Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT04902066
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 259
- From 9 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, 21 Mar 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- A command of spoken Danish or English inadequate for engaging in therapy
Other illness
- A diagnosis of organic brain disease
Other
- Rejecting informed consent
- IQ of 70 or lower (known mental retardation as assessed by medical record)
- Inability to tolerate the assessment process
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 - years
- Ability to give informed consent
- A schizophrenia spectrum disorder (ICD-10 code: F20 -F29)
- Green Paranoid Thought Scale total score ≥ 40
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health (CORE) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Unknown status |
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