Validating an Autonomous Interactive Internet-Based Delivery of an Empirically Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Comorbidity
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Minnesota
- Where
- Minneapolis, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 256 people, planned
- Started
- 4 Jan 2022
- Expected to end
- 1 Mar 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Negative Emotions and Addiction Tools Program (NEAT)- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training (PMRT)
- Record updated
- 17 December 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 65 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- current (past 30 days) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) diagnosis of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia (PD/Ag), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) or social anxiety disorder (SAD)
- receiving treatment primarily for alcohol (vs. drug) dependence
- ability to provide informed consent
- a minimum of an eighth grade English reading level
- status as a residential patient in the Lodging Plus (LP) addiction treatment program
- sufficient time left in their residential LP care to complete the study protocol through the post-treatment assessment
Who cannot take part
- cognitive or medical impairments that prohibit study participation as determined by study PI
- serious suicide risk determined by study PI
- court-ordered treatment. (The exclusion is based on its classification as a "vulnerable" population.)
- Self-reported past participation in a Kushner intervention study while in Lodging Plus
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Where in United States
- Lodging Plus Program, Fairview HospitalMinneapolis, United StatesContact: Matt G Kushner, Ph.D. (principal investigator)Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This project is designed to determine if a computer-delivered cognitive-behavioral treatment can improve the otherwise poor alcohol use disorder treatment outcomes for individuals with a co-occurring anxiety disorder. In the past, the investigators showed that this treatment does improve outcomes for these individuals when delivered by a therapist. If the present work shows that the computer-delivered version is also effective, it would provide an inexpensive program with virtually unlimited scalability to enable access to the treatment by many more individuals than is currently the case.
The 3 groups in the trial
- Experimental: Computer-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy hybrid for comorbidityTreatment being tested
Four, approximately 60 minute each, computerized therapy sessions delivered on an interactive computerized platform. All participants are undergoing a standard 28 day residential alcohol treatment program.
Treatment: Negative Emotions and Addiction Tools Program (NEAT)- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Control: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training (PMRT)Existing treatment, for comparison
Four, one-hour computerized segments delivered on an interactive computerized platform teaching Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training (PMRT). All participants are undergoing a standard 28 day residential alcohol treatment program.
Treatment: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training (PMRT)
- Treatment as Usual (TAU)No study treatment, for comparison
Participants are undergoing a standard 28 day residential alcohol treatment program. No study intervention.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT05117255, who can take part
- Record updated
- 17 December 2025