RCT of an Acceptance-based Behavior Therapy for GAD

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Acceptance based behavioral therapy; Behavioral: Applied relaxation

• Registration Number: NCT00961493
• Lead Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Boston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acceptance-based behavior therapy for GAD results in greater symptom reduction and increased quality of life than applied relaxation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-03
• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-18
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-19
• Primary Completion: 2013-02
• Study Completion: 2013-02
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-17
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 81

Inclusion Criteria

• principal diagnosis of GAD
• at least moderate (4 on a scale from 0 to 8) on the ADIS Severity Scale for GAD symptoms
• willing to maintain current psychotropic medication levels (and have been stabilized on any current medications for at least three months) and refrain from other psychosocial treatments for anxiety or mood problems during the course of therapy
• fluent in English
• 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

• bipolar disorder
• psychotic disorders
• substance dependence
• active suicidal intent
• if anxious symptomatology is due to a medical/physical condition

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Acceptance based behavioral therapy	-
2	Applied relaxation	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV, Clinician Severity Rating of GAD	pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale	pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up
Penn State Worry Questionnaire	pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Beck Depression Inventory - II	pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up
Quality of Life Inventory	pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States