Investigating Attention Patterns in Young People With Anxiety
ATTN-ANX
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Adolescents with elevated anxiety have been found to direct their voluntary and involuntary attention more readily toward threatening stimuli, and spend more time dwelling upon that stimuli. Various computerised tasks have been developed to attempt to retrain these "attention biases" back away from threat. This study will test a newly developed intervention, that uses (eye-tracking) methods to track the gaze of the individual. This intervention is called Gaze-Contingent Music Reward Training (GC-MRT), and is designed to re-train the individual away from dwelling upon threatening stimuli (emotional faces), using their favourite music to re-infornce this learning.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable anxiety
Started Jun 2018
Typical duration for not_applicable anxiety
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 20, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
June 5, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 6, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2020
CompletedMarch 25, 2019
March 1, 2019
1.6 years
October 20, 2017
March 22, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change in anxiety symtoms
Change in anxiety symptoms from baseline at 4-weeks on the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders (KSADS), and at 3-month follow up
Baseline and post-intervention (4 weeks), and at 3-month follow up.
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Change in Self-report Anxiety
Baseline and post-intervention (4 weeks), and at 3-month follow up.
Change in Dwell time on negative faces
Baseline and post-intervention (4 weeks), and at 3-month follow up.
Study Arms (3)
Gaze-Contingent Music Reward Training
EXPERIMENTALGCMRT for eight 20-minute sessions - twice per week over 4 weeks.
Control Training
PLACEBO COMPARATORPassive viewing task with continuous music for eight 20-minute sessions - twice per week over 4 weeks.
No-Train Group
NO INTERVENTIONNo active training.
Interventions
Participants will hear their selected music track playing, dependent on their gaze location, when viewing a grid on neutral and negative faces.
Participants will hear their selected music track playing, regardless of their gaze location, when viewing a grid on neutral and negative faces.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years of age upon study commencement
- Diagnosed generalised or social anxiety disorder (assessed by SCID)
- Informed written and witnessed consent
You may not qualify if:
- Psychosis
- Autism
- Learning difficulties
- Uncorrected abnormal vision
- Current use of SSRIs
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
King's College London
London, England, SE58AF, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- BASIC SCIENCE
- Intervention Model
- FACTORIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 20, 2017
First Posted
June 6, 2018
Study Start
June 5, 2018
Primary Completion
January 1, 2020
Study Completion
January 1, 2020
Last Updated
March 25, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share