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Anxiety Skills Study

Key facts

Who runs it
Ohio State University
Where
Columbus, United StatesSee the site
Trial code
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
600 people, planned
Started
20 Oct 2025
Expected to end
31 Aug 2030
Type of study
Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Behavioral therapy
  • Mindfulness-based therapy
Record updated
19 August 2026

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

  • Presence of clinically elevated anxiety
  • Living in Ohio

Who cannot take part

  • Presence of conditions that would necessitate alternative care
  • No access to a smartphone

Where in United States

  • Psychology Building at Ohio State UniversityColumbus, United StatesContact: Matt Southward, PhDTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

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.

The 3 groups in the trial

  • Cognitive therapyExisting treatment, for comparison
  • Behavioral therapyExisting treatment, for comparison
  • Mindfulness-based therapyExisting treatment, for comparison

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Personalizing and Optimizing CBT Skills for Anxiety
Record updated
19 August 2026