NCT06845488Recruiting
Application of Virtual Reality Technology to Treatment of Social Anxiety
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jul 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to compare CBT VR exposure + VR social skills treatment to CBT Imaginal exposure + mindfulness, in reducing the severity of social anxiety in adults with autism and social anxiety (SA), to identify characteristics associated with benefitting from the CBT-VR treatment and to assess acceptability and feasibility of the VR intervention for patients receiving it and use findings to improve methods and to prepare for a community based pragmatic trial.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Feb 2025
- Start date
- Nov 2024
- Primary completion date
- Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06845488
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From Nov 2024 to the primary completion date, Mar 2026
- 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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Other illness
- current or historical severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe depression
Other
- intellectual disability or a learning disability that would interfere with participating (e.g., unable to read)
- unable use the technology or do not have access to the technology
- unable to read
Who the study is looking for
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (diagnosed by a qualified professional)
- verbal and literate in English or Spanish
- average or greater intellectual ability, based on history and interview
- able to operate a computer (Windows or Mac).
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
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